2 Samuel 2:18

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was swift in his feet like a wild gazelle.

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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

17The battle was very severe that day and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated before the servants of David.

19Asahel closely pursued Abner and followed him without turning away in any direction.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan were loved and gracious in life, 1 and in their death they were not separated. 1 They were swifter than eagles, 1 they were stronger than lions. 1

2 Samuel 23:24The thirty included the following men: Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles 2:16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three of them.

1 Chronicles 12:8Some Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were fighting men, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were as fierce as the faces of lions. They were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.

1 Chronicles 27:7The commander for the fourth month was Asahel brother of Joab. Zebadiah his son became commander after him. In his division were twenty-four thousand men.

Psalms 147:10He finds no delight in the strength of a horse, 1 he takes no pleasure in the strong legs of a man. 1

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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