26. Abner shouted to Joab, “Must the sword kill forever? Surely you must know this will only end in sadness! Tell the people to stop chasing their own brothers!”
27. Then Joab said, “As surely as God lives, if you had not said anything, the people would have chased their brothers until morning.”
28. Then Joab blew a trumpet, and his people stopped chasing the Israelites. They did not fight them anymore.
29. Abner and his men marched all night through the Jordan Valley. They crossed the Jordan River, and after marching all day, arrived at Mahanaim.
30. After he had stopped chasing Abner, Joab came back and gathered the people together. Asahel and nineteen of David’s men were missing.