2 Samuel 2:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as fleet of foot as a wild gazelle.

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  • 1 Chr 12:8 : 8 And of the Gadites there came to David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men of war ready for battle, who could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the gazelles upon the mountains;
  • Hab 3:19 : 19 The LORD God is my strength, and He will make my feet like deer's feet, and He will make me walk on my high places. To the chief musician, on my stringed instruments.
  • Song 2:17 : 17 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer upon the mountains of Bether.
  • Song 8:14 : 14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices.
  • Ps 18:33 : 33 He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me upon my high places.
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
  • 1 Sam 26:6 : 6 Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to the camp of Saul?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."
  • 2 Sam 1:23 : 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
  • 1 Chr 2:15-16 : 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
  • 1 Chr 11:26 : 26 Also, the valiant men of the armies were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  • Amos 2:14 : 14 Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not reinforce his strength, neither shall the mighty save himself:

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  • 2 Sam 2:19-24
    6 verses
    81%

    19And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he did not turn to the right or the left from following Abner.

    20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is that you, Asahel? And he answered, I am.

    21And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and take hold of one of the young men, and take his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

    22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? How could I face Joab your brother?

    23But he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner struck him with the back end of the spear under the fifth rib, so the spear came out behind him; and he fell there and died on the spot: and as many as came to the place where Asahel fell and died stood still.

    24Joab also and Abishai pursued Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, that is before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 2:29-32
    4 verses
    78%

    29And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, crossed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

    30And Joab returned from pursuing Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David's servants and Asahel were missing.

    31But the servants of David had struck Benjamin, and Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.

    32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men traveled all night, and they came to Hebron at dawn.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
    78%

    16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

  • 2 Sam 3:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

    30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

  • 2 Sam 23:24
    73%

    24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

  • 1 Chr 11:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26Also, the valiant men of the armies were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

    27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

  • 2 Sam 2:17
    72%

    17And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

  • 1 Chr 27:7
    72%

    7The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 2 Sam 3:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

    27And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there under the fifth rib, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

  • 2 Sam 23:18
    70%

    18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.

  • 1 Chr 11:20
    70%

    20And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred men, slew them, and had a name among the three.

  • 1 Chr 4:35
    68%

    35And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

  • 2 Sam 18:14-15
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    68%

    14Then Joab said, I cannot linger thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.

    15And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

  • 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 Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite,

  • 1 Sam 17:14
    67%

    14David was the youngest; the three eldest followed Saul.

  • 2 Sam 18:22-23
    2 verses
    67%

    22Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, But however, let me, I pray you, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you have no news ready?

    23But however, he said, let me run. And he said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran Cushi.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    67%

    5Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
    66%

    11And one of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.

  • Rom 3:15
    66%

    15'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'

  • 2 Sam 18:19
    66%

    19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me now run, and bear the king news, how the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
    2 verses
    66%

    14So Joab and the people that were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

    15And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 20:6-7
    2 verses
    66%

    6And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did; take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find fortified cities and escape from us.

    7So Joab's men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men went out after him, and they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
    65%

    13And Joab drew near, and the people who were with him, to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

  • Matt 1:7
    65%

    7And Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa;

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    65%

    34And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the general of the king's army was Joab.

  • 1 Chr 3:10
    65%

    10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son.

  • 2 Sam 8:3
    65%

    3David also defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the river Euphrates.

  • 2 Sam 2:14
    65%

    14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and compete before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    65%

    24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    65%

    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

  • 1 Chr 8:39
    65%

    39And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

  • 2 Sam 14:25
    65%

    25But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

  • 2 Sam 21:17
    65%

    17But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    65%

    12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Chr 14:8
    65%

    8And Asa had an army of men who carried shields and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, those who carried shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.