Abner looked behind him and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” He answered, “It is I.”
So Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or left, overtake one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself,” but Asahel was not willing to desist.