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2Sa 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

three		1Ch 2:15,16; 1Ch 11:26
was as light		2Sa 1:23; 1Ch 12:8; Psa 147:10,11; Ecc 9:11; Amo 2:14
foot		Heb. his feet.
a wild roe		Heb. one of the roes that is in the field. Psa 18:33; Sgs 2:17; Sgs 8:14; Hab 3:19; The word {tzevee,} rather denotes the gazelle or antelope. (See note on Deu 15:22.)

Correlating Passages

three

	1Ch 2:15	Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
	1Ch 2:16	Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
	1Ch 11:26	Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

was as light

	2Sa 1:23	Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
	1Ch 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] the faces of lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
	Psa 147:10	He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
	Psa 147:11	The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
	Ecc 9:11	I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
	Amo 2:14	Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

a wild roe

	Psa 18:33	He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.
	Sgs 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.
	Sgs 8:14	Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
	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.
	Deu 15:22	Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean [person shall eat it] alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 2:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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