2 Samuel 18:16

18:16 Then Joab blew the trumpet ¹  and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt.

2 Samuel 20:21-22

20:21 That’s not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled ²  against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab, “This very minute ³  his head will be thrown over the wall to you!”

20:22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab ⁴  blew the trumpet, and his men ⁵  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. ⁶  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

[18:16]  ¹ tn Heb “the shophar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).

[20:21]  ² tn Heb “lifted his hand.”

[20:21]  ³ tn Heb “Look!”

[20:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “his tents.”