KJV 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.
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2 Samuel 2:18
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel [was as] light of foot as a wild roe.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
WEB World English Bible
The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
ASV American Standard Version
And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there are there three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel, and Asahel is light on his feet, as one of the roes which are in the field,
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 2
15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which [pertained] to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon.
17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
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 would not turn aside from following of him.
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וַיִּֽהְיוּ־H1961 · ha.yahto beשָׁ֗םH8033 · shamthereשְׁלֹשָׁה֙H7969 · sha.loshthreeבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childצְרוּיָ֔הH6870 · tse.ru.yahZeruiahיוֹאָ֥בH3097 · yo.avJoabוַאֲבִישַׁ֖יH52 · a.vi.shayAbishaiוַעֲשָׂהאֵ֑לH6214 · a.sa.h.elAsahelוַעֲשָׂהאֵל֙H6214 · a.sa.h.elAsahelקַ֣לH7031 · qalswiftבְּרַגְלָ֔יוH7272 · re.gelfootכְּאַחַ֥דH259 · e.chadoneהַצְּבָיִ֖םH6643 · tse.vibeautyאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichבַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃H7704 · sa.daySirion
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 12:8And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces [were like] the faces of lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains;Habakkuk 3:19The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ [feet], and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.Psalm 18:33He maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.Song of Solomon 2:17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.Song of Solomon 8:14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.1 Samuel 26:6Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.Psalm 147:10-11He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.1 Chronicles 2:15-16Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:Amos 2:14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:Ecclesiastes 9:11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.1 Chronicles 11:26Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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