2 Samuel 2:18 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹⁸ The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe or antelope.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Now Zeruiah’s three sons were present at the battle: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as fast as a gazelle in an open field.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Now the three sons of Zeruiah were in that place: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was a very swift runner, like one of the deer that lives in the forest.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And there were the three sons of Sarvia there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael. Now Asael was a most swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the woods.

2 Samuel 2:18 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan – in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 14:1

Joab son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.

2 Samuel 2:19

He chased Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he pursued him.

2 Samuel 22:34

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.

2 Samuel 23:24

Among the Thirty were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

1 Kings 2:5

‘Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt round his waist and the sandals on his feet.

1 Chronicles 11:26

The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles 12:8

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains.

1 Chronicles 12:9

Ezer was the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

1 Chronicles 27:7

The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel the brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah was his successor. There were 24,000 men in his division.

Psalm 18:33

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.

Song of Solomon 2:17

Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.

Song of Solomon 8:14

Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.

Amos 2:14

The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.

Habakkuk 3:19

The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

1 Samuel 26:6

David then asked Ahimelek the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, ‘Who will go down into the camp with me to Saul?’ ‘I’ll go with you,’ said Abishai.