2 Samuel 23:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 2:18 : 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.
1 Chr 27:7 : 7 The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chr 11:26 : 26 Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 11:24-27
4 verses
90%
24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.
25Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.
26Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
2 Sam 23:23
75%
23He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.
1 Chr 27:7
74%
7The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
2 Sam 23:25
74%
25Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
2 Sam 23:9
74%
9And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.
2 Sam 2:18-19
2 verses
73%
18And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
19And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
1 Chr 11:12
73%
12And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
2 Sam 2:30-32
3 verses
73%
30And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
31But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron.
1 Chr 2:16
73%
16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
2 Sam 23:29-34
6 verses
72%
29Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
30Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
31Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
33Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
2 Sam 3:30
70%
30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
2 Sam 23:18
69%
18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.
2 Sam 5:16
69%
16and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.
1 Chr 11:32-33
2 verses
69%
32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
33Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
2 Sam 21:19
68%
19And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
2 Sam 23:37
68%
37Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
1 Chr 11:20
68%
20And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.
2 Sam 23:27
68%
27Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
1 Chr 12:9
68%
9Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
1 Chr 3:8
67%
8and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
2 Sam 2:21-23
3 verses
67%
21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
23Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
1 Chr 4:36
67%
36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
1 Chr 11:39
67%
39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
1 Chr 3:6
67%
6and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
Ezra 2:21
67%
21The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three.
1 Chr 12:3
67%
3The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite,
1 Chr 14:7
67%
7and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
1 Sam 17:12
67%
12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
1 Chr 12:7
67%
7and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
1 Chr 11:41
66%
41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
1 Chr 3:24
66%
24And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
2 Sam 3:27
66%
27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
1 Chr 8:23
66%
23and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
Num 1:9
66%
9Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
1 Chr 2:14
66%
14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
1 Chr 6:27
66%
27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.