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Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”
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Verse 26. Destruction. Septuagint “till thou hast gained a complete victory?” Chal. “to separation?” Must we come to an eternal rupture?—Despair? Hebrew “that it will be bitterness in the end?” Abner insinuates that they had commenced in a sort of play, but the consequences had already proved too serious; and if Joab continued to pursue, his men would be rendered desperate. Calmet.—Despair makes people perform wonders, to revenge themselves. Menochius.
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