Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 2:27

27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken , surely then in the morning, the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

Unless thou hadst made the motion that they might Fight, v. 14. It was thou, not I, that gave the first occasion of this Fight. Withal, he intimates, That Almer was the sole cause of this War; and that if he had not given commission and command, the War had never been undertaken, but all things had been ended by an amicable agreement: which might have been made that very morning, if he had so pleased.

Marginal references: Heb. from the morning.; Or, gone away.