2 Samuel 2:27

27 Respondeu Joabe: “Juro pelo nome de Deus que, se você não tivesse falado, o meu exército perseguiria os seus irmãos até de manhã”.

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 Os soldados de Benjamim, seguindo Abner, reuniram-se formando um só grupo e ocuparam o alto de uma colina.

26 Então Abner gritou para Joabe: “O derramamento de sangue vai continuar? Não vê que isso vai trazer amargura? Quando é que você vai mandar o seu exército parar de perseguir os seus irmãos?”

27 Respondeu Joabe: “Juro pelo nome de Deus que, se você não tivesse falado, o meu exército perseguiria os seus irmãos até de manhã”.

28 Então Joabe tocou a trombeta, e o exército parou de perseguir Israel e de lutar.

29 Abner e seus soldados marcharam pela Arabá durante toda a noite. Atravessaram o Jordão, marcharam durante a manhã inteira e chegaram a Maanaim.