26 And Abʹner began to call to Joʹab and say: “Is the sword going to eat+ endlessly? Do you not really know that bitterness is what will develop at last?+ How long, then, will it be before you say to the people to turn back from following their brothers?”+

26 And the next day he appeared to them as they were fighting, and he tried to bring them together again in peace,+ saying, ‘Men, YOU are brothers. Why do YOU treat each other unjustly?’+