Blew the trumpet - To stop the pursuit and slaughter (2 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 20:22).

Blew the trumpet. — Compare to 2 Samuel 2:28 and 2 Samuel 20:22. With the death of Absalom the rebellion w…

And Joab blew the trumpet
As the sign of a retreat:

and the people returned from pursuing after I…

Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken by heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebelli…