Then Abner turned to look behind him and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” And he answered, “It is I.”
And Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner.
So Abner said to him, “Turn to your right or to your left, and seize one of the young men for yourself, and take for yourself his spoil.” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.