16 Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the troops.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:16

Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:9-18

(Read 2 Samuel 18:9-18)

Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken of heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebellion against parents. Nothing can preserve men from misery and contempt, but heavenly wisdom and the grace of God.