2 Samuel 2:18 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe or antelope.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Now Zeruiah’s three sons were present at the battle: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as fast as a gazelle in an open field.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Now the three sons of Zeruiah were in that place: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was a very swift runner, like one of the deer that lives in the forest.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And there were the three sons of Sarvia there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael. Now Asael was a most swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the woods.

2 Samuel 2:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's mind was on Absalom.

2 Samuel 2:19

Asahel pursued Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he followed him.

2 Samuel 22:34

He made my feet like the feet of deer, and set me secure on the heights.

2 Samuel 23:24

Among the Thirty were Asahel brother of Joab; Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem;

1 Kings 2:5

“Moreover you know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner son of Ner, and Amasa son of Jether, whom he murdered, retaliating in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist, and on the sandals on his feet.

1 Chronicles 11:26

The warriors of the armies were Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles 12:8

From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains:

1 Chronicles 12:9

Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,

1 Chronicles 27:7

Asahel brother of Joab was fourth, for the fourth month, and his son Zebadiah after him; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

Psalm 18:33

He made my feet like the feet of a deer, and set me secure on the heights.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful; but time and chance happen to them all.

Song of Solomon 2:17

Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on the cleft mountains.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices!

Amos 2:14

Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain their strength, nor shall the mighty save their lives;

Habakkuk 3:19

God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, and makes me tread upon the heights. To the leader: with stringed instruments.

1 Samuel 26:6

Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab's brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, “Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”