Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” He answered, “It is.”
Asahel pursued Abner. He didn’t turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
Abner said to him, “Turn away to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armour.” But Asahel would not turn away from following him.