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Asahel Scripture - 2 Samuel 2:23

Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth [rib], that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, [that] as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still....

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Asahel Scripture - 2 Samuel 2:21

And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him....

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Asahel Scripture - 2 Chronicles 31:13

And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, [were] overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God....

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Asahel in Wikipedia

(Hebrew: עשהאל, Greek: ‘Ασεάλ) (also known as Asael, Asaell, and Assael) is the youngest son of Zeruiah, daughter of Jesse. The name means "Made by God." Asahel was the nephew of King David, as well as the younger brother of both Abishai, David's General, and of Joab. Asahel is mentioned in II Samuel Chapters 2 and 3. Additionally, the name As...

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Asahel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(made by God). 1. Nephew of David, being the youngest son of his sister Zeruiah. He was celebrated for his swiftness of foot. When fighting under his brother Joab at Gibeon, he pursued Abner, who was obliged to kill him in self-defence. 2Sa 2:18 ff. [ABNER] (B.C. 1050.) 2. One of the Levites in the reign of Jehoshaphat, who went throughout t...

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Asahel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

made by God, the youngest son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was celebrated for his swiftness of foot. When fighting against Ish-bosheth at Gibeon, in the army of his brother Joab, he was put to death by Abner, whom he pursued from the field of battle (2 Sam. 2:18, 19). He is mentioned among David's thirty mighty men (2 Sam. 23:24; 1 Chr....

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Asahel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("made by God".) 1. David's nephew, youngest son of Zeruiah, David's sister; brother of Joab and Abishai. Swift on foot, he pursued Abner after Ishbosheth's army was defeated at Gibeon, in spite of Abner's warning, and was pierced with the hinder end of his spear (2 Samuel 2). (See ABNER.) 2. Three others (2 Chronicles 17:8; 2 Chronicles 3...

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Asahel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

creature of God...

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Asahel in Naves Topical Bible

1. Nephew of David, and one of his captains 2Sa 2:18-24,32; 3:27; 23:24; 1Ch 2:16; 11:26; 27:7 -2. A Levite, commissioned by Jehoshaphat to teach the law to Judah 2Ch 17:8 -3. A Levite, who had charge of tithes 2Ch 31:13 -4. Father of Jonathan Ezr 10:15...

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Asahel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

as'-a-hel (`asah'el, "God hath made"; Asael): (1) The brother of Joab and Abishai. The three were sons of Zeruiah, one of David's sisters (1 Ch 2:15,16; 2 Sam 2:18, etc.). The three brothers seem to have been from the beginning members of David's troop of strangely respectable brigands. Asahel was distinguished for his swift running, and this ...

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