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2 Samuel 2:18

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

KJV

Erant autem ibi tres filii Sarviæ, Joab, et Abisai, et Asaël : porro Asaël cursor velocissimus fuit, quasi unus de capreis quæ morantur in silvis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγένοντο ἐκεῖ τρεῖς υἱοὶ Σαρουιά, Ἰωὰβ καὶ Ἀβεσσὰ καὶ Ἀσαήλ· καὶ Ἀσαὴλ κοῦφος τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ μία δορκὰς ἐν ἀγρῷ.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּֽהְיוּ שָׁ֗ם שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ בְּנֵ֣י צְרוּיָ֔ה יוֹאָ֥ב וַ/אֲבִישַׁ֖י וַ/עֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל וַ/עֲשָׂהאֵל֙ קַ֣ל בְּ/רַגְלָ֔י/ו כְּ/אַחַ֥ד הַ/צְּבָיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּ/שָּׂדֶֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JoabAsahelAbishai

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אַבְשַׁ֣י
'bshy
proper_noun · 25×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
ו
v
noun · 247×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יוֹאָ֔ב
yv'b
proper_noun · 145×
עֲשָׂה
'shh
proper_noun · 23×
צְבִ֣י
tsby
noun · 32×
צְרוּיָ֖ה
tsrvyh
proper_noun · 26×
קַ֣ל
ql
adjective · 12×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 12:8 — 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 th
  • 1Chr 12:8 — 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 th
  • 1Sam 26:6 — 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 t
  • 2Sam 14:1 — Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
  • 2Sam 22:34 — He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
  • 2Sam 23:24 — Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  • Hab 3:19 — 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.
  • Ps 18:33 — He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
  • Song 2:17 — 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 8:14 — Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.