2 Samuel 2:18

And there were there the three sons of Saruia, Joab, and Abessa, and Asael: and Asael was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

In Context

17And the battle was very severe on that day; and Abenner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David.

19And Asael followed after Abenner, and turned not to go to the right hand or to the left from following Abenner.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the beautiful, were not divided: comely were they in their life, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, and they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 23:24Asael Joab's brother; he was among the thirty. Eleanan son of Dudi his uncle in Bethleem.

1 Chronicles 2:16And their sister was Saruia, and another Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia were Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three.

1 Chronicles 12:8and Jelia and Zabadia, sons of Iroam, and the men of Gedor.

1 Chronicles 27:7The fourth for the fourth month was Asael the brother of Joab, and Zabadias his son, and his brethren: and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:9-18

A Civil War in Israel. ( b. c. 1053.) 8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years… Read the whole commentary →

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