So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.
2 Samuel 18:16
Surrounding context
18:15 And ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded Absalom, and struck and killed him.
18:16 So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.
18:17 And they took Absalom and cast him into a large pit in the woods, and laid a very large heap of stones over him. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his tent.