2 Samuel 2:19
And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
20And Abner looked behind him, and said: Art thou Asael? And he answered: I am.
Cross References
Joshua 1:7Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost.
2 Samuel 2:21And Abner said to him: Go to the right hand or to the left, and lay hold on one of the young men and take thee his spoils. But Asael would not leave off following him close.
2 Samuel 3:30So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.
Proverbs 4:27Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:19-25
Asahel Slain by Abner. ( b. c. 1053.) 18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. 21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel… Read the whole commentary →