2 Samuel 2:18

Now there were there, three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel,—and, Asahel, was light of foot as a wild gazelle.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

17So the battle became exceeding obstinate, on that day,—and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated before the servants of David.

19And Asahel pursued Abner,—and turned not, in going, to the right hand or to the left, from pursuing Abner.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan, delightfully loving in their lives, even, in their death, were not divided,—Beyond eagles, were they swift, beyond lions, were they strong!

2 Samuel 23:24Asahel, brother of Joab, was among the thirty,—Elhanan, son of Dodo, of Bethlehem;

1 Chronicles 2:16And, their sisters, were Zeruiah and Abigail,—and, the sons of Zeruiah, Abishai and Joab and Asahel, three,

1 Chronicles 12:8And, of the Gadites, there separated themselves unto David, to the stronghold towards the desert, heroes of valour, men of war, for battle, men that could handle shield and spear,—and, faces of lions, were their faces, and, like gazelles upon the mountains, were they, for swiftness:

1 Chronicles 27:7The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son, after him,—and, in his course, were twenty-four thousand.

Psalms 147:10Not in the strength of the horse, doth he delight, Not in the legs of a man, hath he pleasure:

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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