2 Samuel 2:18 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁸ And there were three sons of Tseruyah there, Yo’aḇ and Aḇishai and Asah’ĕl. And Asah’ĕl was light on his feet, as one of the gazelles in the field.

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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.

2 Samuel 2:18 Cross References

1 Chronicles 12:8

And some Gaḏites separated themselves to Dawiḏ at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty brave men, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

Habakkuk 3:19

יהוה the Master is my strength. And He makes my feet like those of deer, And makes me walk on my high places. To the chief singer with my stringed instruments.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.

Song of Solomon 2:17

Until the day breaks and the shadows have fled, Turn, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of Bether.

Psalm 18:33

Making my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places,

Amos 2:14

“And a place to flee shall perish from the swift, and the strong not fortify his power, and the mighty not save his life,

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor even bread to the wise, nor even riches to men of understanding, nor even favour to men of knowledge – for time and chance meets with them all.

1 Chronicles 11:26

And the mighty men of the armies were Asah’ĕl the brother of Yo’aḇ, Elḥanan son of Doḏo of Bĕyth Leḥem,

2 Samuel 1:23

“Sha’ul and Yehonathan were beloved And pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

1 Samuel 26:6

And Dawiḏ spoke up and said to Aḥimeleḵ the Ḥittite and to Aḇishai son of Tseruyah, brother of Yo’aḇ, saying, “Who does go down with me to Sha’ul in the camp?” And Aḇishai said, “I, I go down with you.”

2 Samuel 2:19

And Asah’ĕl pursued Aḇnĕr, and in going he did not turn aside to the right or to the left from following Aḇnĕr.

2 Samuel 22:34

“Making my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places,

2 Samuel 23:24

Asah’ĕl the brother of Yo’aḇ was one of the thirty; Elḥanan son of Doḏo of Bĕyth Leḥem,

1 Kings 2:5

“And also, you know what Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Yisra’ĕl, to Aḇnĕr son of Nĕr and Amasa son of Yether, that he killed them, and shed the blood of battle in peace, and put the blood of battle on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.

2 Samuel 14:1

And Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah knew that the heart of the sovereign was towards Aḇshalom.

1 Chronicles 12:9

Ězer the chief, Oḇaḏyah the second, Eliyaḇ the third,

1 Chronicles 27:7

The fourth for the fourth new moon was Asah’ĕl the brother of Yo’aḇ, and Zeḇaḏyah his son after him, and in his division were twenty-four thousand.