2 Samuel 2:17-24

17 The battle that day was very fierce, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated by David’s men.
18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle.
19 He chased Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he pursued him.
20 Abner looked behind him and asked, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” he answered.
21 Then Abner said to him, “Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
22 Again Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?”
23 But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel’s stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and as the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah on the way to the wasteland of Gibeon.

Cross References 10

  • 1. 2 Samuel 3:1
  • 2. S 1 Samuel 17:8
  • 3. 2 Samuel 3:39; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:22
  • 4. 2 Samuel 3:30; 2 Samuel 10:7; 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 14:1; 2 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 20:8; 2 Samuel 24:3; 1 Kings 1:7; 1 Kings 2:5,34
  • 5. S 1 Samuel 26:6
  • 6. 2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 2:16; 1 Chronicles 11:26; 1 Chronicles 27:7
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 12:8; Proverbs 6:5; Song of Songs 2:9
  • 8. 2 Samuel 3:27
  • 9. 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 4:6
  • 10. 2 Samuel 20:12
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