2 Samuel 2:18 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 2:18

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there,.... In the battle: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel; Joab was the general of the array, Abishai was he who went into Saul's host at night, and took away his spear and cruse of water at his head, 1Sa 26:6; and it is for the sake of the third, Asahel, that the account is given, the story of his death being about to be told.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe - To be swift of foot was deemed a great accomplishment in the heroes of antiquity; ποδας ωκυς Αχιλλευς, the swift-footed Achilles, is an epithet which Homer gives to that hero no less than thirty times in the course of the Ilias. It has a qualification also among the Roman soldiers; they were taught both to run swiftly, and to swim well.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽהְיוּ־	vai.yih.yu-	and they were	H1961 →
שָׁ֗ם	Sham	there	H8033 →
שְׁלֹשָׁה֙	she.lo.Shah	three	H7969 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
צְרוּיָ֔ה	tze.ru.Yah	Zeruiah	H6870 →
יוֹאָ֥ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
וַאֲבִישַׁ֖י	va.'a.vi.Shai	and Abishai	H52 →
וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל	va.'a.sa.h.'El	and Asahel	H6214 →
וַעֲשָׂהאֵל֙	va.'a.sa.h.'El	and Asahel	H6214 →
קַ֣ל	kal	[was] swift	H7031 →
בְּרַגְלָ֔יו	be.rag.Lav	on feet his	H7272 →
כְּאַחַ֥ד	ke.'a.Chad	like one of	H259 →
הַצְּבָיִ֖ם	ha.tze.va.Yim	the gazelles	H6643 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃	ba.sa.Deh	[are] in the open country	H7704 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 22:34
  He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
- Deuteronomy 32:13
  He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 18:33
  He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Psalms 46:1
  God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
Through
Psalms 18:33
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
leads to
- 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.
Through
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.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 4:6
  Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
Through
Song of Solomon 8:14
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
leads to
- 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.

About 2 Samuel

Combat between Soldiers of Ish-bosheth and David — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

06About 2 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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