2 Samuel 2:18
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Overview - 2 Samuel 2 | |
1 | David, by God's direction, with his company goes up to Hebron, where he is made king of Judah. |
5 | He commends them of Jabesh-gilead for their kindness to Saul. |
8 | Abner makes Ishbosheth king of Israel. |
12 | A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of Joab's men. |
18 | Asahel is slain. |
25 | At Abner's motion, Joab sounds a retreat. |
32 | Asahel's burial. |
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2 Samuel 2:18 (King James Version)
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
- three
- 1 Chronicles 2:15 1 Chronicles 2:16 ; 11:26
- was as light
- 1:23 1 Chronicles 12:8 ; Psalms 147:10 Psalms 147:11 ; Ecclesiastes 9:11 ; Amos 2:14
- foot
- Hebrew his feet. a wild roe. Hebrew one of the roes that
- is in the field.
- Psalms 18:33 ; Solomon 2:17 ; 8:14 Habakkuk 3:19
- The word {tzevee,} rather denotes the gazelle or antelope
- (See note on Deuteronomy 15:22 .)