A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.2.18; his mother was Zeruiah (H6870); brother of: Abishai (H0052) and Joab (H3097); father of: Zebadiah (H2069K) § Asahel = "God-made" 1) nephew of David, son of David's sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him 2) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who went through the kingdom giving instruction in the law 3) a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes and dedicated things in the temple 4) a priest, father of Jonathan, in the time of Ezra
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H6214 — עֲשָׂהאֵל
a.sa.h.el · Asahel · Hebrew/Aramaic
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2 Samuel 2:18 · וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל · וַעֲשָׂהאֵל֙The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,2 Samuel 2:19 · עֲשָׂהאֵ֖לand he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.2 Samuel 2:20 · עֲשָׂהאֵ֑לAnd Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.2 Samuel 2:21 · עֲשָׂהאֵ֔לSo Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.2 Samuel 2:22 · עֲשָׂהאֵ֔לOnce again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”2 Samuel 2:23 · עֲשָׂהאֵ֛לBut Asahel refused to turn away. So Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.2 Samuel 2:30 · וַעֲשָׂה־ · אֵֽל׃When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,2 Samuel 2:32 · עֲשָׂהאֵ֔לAnd they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.2 Samuel 3:27 · עֲשָׂה־ · אֵ֥לWhen Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.2 Samuel 3:30 · עֲשָׂהאֵ֧ל(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)2 Samuel 23:24 · עֲשָׂה־ · אֵ֥לNow these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,1 Chronicles 2:16 · וַעֲשָׂה־ · אֵ֖לTheir sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.1 Chronicles 11:26 · עֲשָׂה־ · אֵל֙Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,1 Chronicles 27:7 · עֲשָׂה־ · אֵל֙The fourth, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him. There were 24,000 men in his division.2 Chronicles 17:8 · וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֡לaccompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.2 Chronicles 31:13 · וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֜לJehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.Ezra 10:15 · עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)