2 Samuel 2:20

And Abner looked behind him, and said: Art thou Asael? And he answered: I am.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.

In Context

19And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

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.

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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 →

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