But David’s servants had struck down and killed three hundred and sixty men of Benjamin, followers of Abner.
The king of Israel replied, “Tell him, ‘Let not one who puts on armor boast like one who takes it off.’”
There followed a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David, in which David grew ever stronger, but the house of Saul ever weaker. Sons Born in Hebron.
Joab, coming from the pursuit of Abner, assembled all the men. Nineteen other servants of David were missing, besides Asahel.
They took up Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Joab and his men made an all-night march, and dawn found them in Hebron.