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2 Samuel 2:18

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

And there were three {H7969} sons {H1121} of Zeruiah {H6870} there, Joab {H3097}, and Abishai {H52}, and Asahel {H6214}: and Asahel {H6214} was as light {H7031} of foot {H7272} as a {H259} wild {H7704} roe {H6643}.

The three sons of Tz'ruyah were there, Yo'av, Avishai and 'Asah'el. 'Asah'el was as fleet-footed as a gazelle in an open field.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • 1 Chronicles 12:8 (6 votes)

    And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces [were like] the faces of lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

  • Habakkuk 3:19 (5 votes)

    The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' [feet], and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

  • Psalms 18:33 (3 votes)

    He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.

  • Song Of Solomon 2:17 (3 votes)

    Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

  • Song Of Solomon 8:14 (3 votes)

    Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

  • 1 Samuel 26:6 (2 votes)

    ¶ Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:26 (2 votes)

    Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,