2 Samuel 2:18

Translations

Modern

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,

Traditional

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

Literal

And were there three the sons of Zeruiah, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was as fleet of foot as one of the gazelles that are in the field.

Latin

Erant autem ibi tres filii Sarviæ, Joab, et Abisai, et Asaël: porro Asaël cursor velocissimus fuit, quasi unus de capreis quæ morantur in silvis.

Original

Hebrew

English

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,

Notes

2 Samuel 2:18

Zeruiah was David’s sister (1 Chronicles 2:15–16). So, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel were his nephews.

2 Samuel 2:12–32

A long civil war followed between Judah, led by David, and the northern tribes, led by Saul’s family. These events led directly to the murder of Abner (2 Samuel 3:22–39).

2 Samuel 2:1–32

After Saul died, those loyal to David (the tribe of Judah) came into conflict with those loyal to Saul’s son Ish-bosheth (the remaining tribes of Israel).

At this time, the Philistines controlled much of the land west of the Jordan River. They likely encouraged this division among the Israelites because a divided people were easier for them to control.

Theme notes and profiles

Abishai Abner David Joab

Events

Reign of Davidc. 1055 BC

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1 Chronicles 12:8
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
Habakkuk 3:19
GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
Song of Solomon 8:14
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
Song of Solomon 2:17
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
Amos 2:14
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
2 Samuel 1:23
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
1 Chronicles 2:15–16
Ozem sixth, and David seventh.
1 Chronicles 11:26
Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Psalm 147:10–11
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
1 Samuel 26:6
And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

People

Abishai: David's nephew, one of his mighty men and commanders Asahel: Son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, killed by Abner Joab: Son of Zeruiah, commander of David's army Zeruiah: Sister of David; mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel

Glossary

Asahel Benjamin, Tribe of David Gazelle Gibeon, Gibeonites Ishbosheth Joab Mahanaim Samuel, Books of First and Second Zeruiah

Topics

Abner: Loyalty of, to the House of Saul Asahel: Nephew of David, and One of his Captains Beasts: Clean: Roebuck David: King of Israel: David Wages War Against and Defeats Ish-Bosheth Deer: Fleetness of Homicide: Felonious: Abner Israel: The Conflict Between the Two Political Factions Joab: Son of David's Sister: Defeats and Kills Abner The Feet: Often Swift The Roe: The Swift of Foot The Roe: Wild War: Civil Zeruiah: Mother of Three of David's Great Soldiers

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