Asahel
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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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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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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(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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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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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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(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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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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("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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