Joab, Zeruiah’s son, and the officers of David also went to Gibeon. They met Abner and Ish Bosheth’s officers at the pool of Gibeon. Abner’s group sat on one side of the pool. Joab’s group sat on the other side of the pool.
Later, there was another war at Gob against the Philistines. Elhanan the son of Jaare Oregim from Bethlehem killed {Lahmi, the brother of} Goliath from Gath. [129] His spear was as big as a post. [130]
Benaiah was even more famous than the Thirty Heroes, [156] but he did not become a member of the Three Heroes. David made Benaiah leader of his bodyguards.
The fourth commander was Asahel. Asahel was the commander for the fourth month. Asahel was Joab’s brother. Later, Asahel’s son Zebadiah took his place as commander. There were 24,000 men in Asahel’s group.