Sāmǔĕrjìxià 2:18

18 Zaì nàli yǒu xǐ lǔ yǎ de sān gè érzi , Yuēyē , yà bǐ shāi , Yàsāhēi . Yàsāhēi jiǎo kuaì rú yĕ lù bān .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 2:18

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there
In the battle,

Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel;
Joab was the general of the array, Abishai was he who went into Saul's host at night, and took away his spear and cruse of water at his head, ( 1 Samuel 26:6 1 Samuel 26:7 ) ; and it is for the sake of the third, Asahel, that the account is given, the story of his death being about to be told.

And Asahel [was as] light of foot as a wild roe:
swiftness of foot, as well as courage, for which this man was famous, ( 1 Chronicles 11:26 ) ; was a very great qualification for a warrior ^F5. So Achilles, in Homer ^F6, is often said to be swift of foot, and others of his heroes are commended for their swiftness. Harold son of King Canutus, was from his swiftness

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 called Harefoot; as here this man for the same reason is compared to a wild roe, which is a very swift creature, or to one of the roes that were in the field as in the original text. See ( Song of Solomon 2:7 Song of Solomon 2:17 ) ( 8:14 ) ; one sort of which, called "kemas", is said to run as swift as a tempest {h}.

F5 Cornel. Nepos, Epaminond. l. 2.
F6 (podav wkuv) , Iliad. 1. lin. 15.
F7 Rapin's History of England, vol. 1. p. 128.
F8 Aelian. Hist. de Animal, l. 14. c. 14.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 2:18 In-Context

16 Bǐcǐ jiū tóu , yòng dāo cī lē , yītóng pú dǎo . suǒyǐ , nà dì jiào zuò xī Lìjiǎ hā sù lín , jiù zaì Jībiàn .

17 Nà rì de zhàn shì xiōngmĕng , Níér hé Yǐsèliè rén baì zaì Dàwèi de púrén miànqián .

18 Zaì nàli yǒu xǐ lǔ yǎ de sān gè érzi , Yuēyē , yà bǐ shāi , Yàsāhēi . Yàsāhēi jiǎo kuaì rú yĕ lù bān .

19 Yàsāhēi zhuīgǎn Níér , zhí zhuīgǎn tā bù piān zuǒyòu .

20 Níér huí tóu shuō , nǐ shì Yàsāhēi ma . huídá shuō , shì .