2 Samuel 2:27

27 Entonces dijo Joab:
—Si no hubieras hablado, solo Dios sabe lo que habría pasado, porque los habríamos perseguido toda la noche de ser necesario.

2 Samuel 2:27 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 2:27

And Joab said, as God liveth
Which was the form of an oath, swearing by the living God:

unless thou hadst spoken;
that is, these words in ( 2 Samuel 2:14 ) ; "let the young men arise and play", that he had not given the challenge to fight:

surely then in the morning the people had gone up everyone from
following his brother;
they would have gone away and never fought at all; they were not desirous of shedding their blood, and following after them to slay them: thus he lays the blame upon Abner, and makes him to be the cause and beginner of the war. Some render the particle by "if", and give the sense, that if he had spoken what he last did sooner, the people would long before this time have desisted from pursuing them; for it was not from a thirst after their blood, and a desire to luke vengeance on them, that they pursued them, but to bring them to submission, and lay down their arms; for they could not in honour retreat until they desired it; but the former sense seems best, and is the general sense of the Jewish commentators.

2 Samuel 2:27 In-Context

25 Las tropas de Abner, de la tribu de Benjamín, se reagruparon allí en la cima de la colina para tomar posiciones.

26 Abner le gritó a Joab:
—¿Es inevitable que nos matemos unos a otros? ¿No te das cuenta de que lo único que produce es amargura? ¿Cuándo vas a ordenar que tus hombres dejen de perseguir a sus hermanos israelitas?

27 Entonces dijo Joab:
—Si no hubieras hablado, solo Dios sabe lo que habría pasado, porque los habríamos perseguido toda la noche de ser necesario.

28 De manera que Joab tocó el cuerno de carnero, y sus hombres dejaron de perseguir a las tropas de Israel.

29 Durante toda esa noche Abner y sus hombres retrocedieron por el Jordán.
Cruzaron el río Jordán y viajaron toda la mañana
sin detenerse hasta llegar a Mahanaim.