Asahel עֲשָׂהאֵל

David's compatriot. Asahel, son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, was a fast runner killed by Abner during a battle (<ref="2Sam 2; 3:27, 30; 23:24; 1Ch.2.16; 11:26; 27:7">2Sam 2; 3:27, 30; 23:24; 1Ch.2.16; 11:26; 27:7</ref>).

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Where Asahel appears

2 Samuel (11), 1 Chronicles (3)

Key verses

• 2 Samuel 2:18 first mention — And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
• 2 Samuel 2:19 — And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
• 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.
• 2 Samuel 2:22 — And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
• 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.
• 2 Samuel 2:32 — And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
• 2 Samuel 3:27 — And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
• 2 Samuel 3:30 — So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
• 2 Samuel 23:24 — Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
• 1 Chronicles 2:16 — Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
• 1 Chronicles 11:26 — Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
• 1 Chronicles 27:7 — The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.