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2 Sam. 2:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And there were threep sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light λof foot μas a wild roeq.

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1 Chron. 2:16• ¹⁶Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. (1 Chron. 2:16)

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of his feet.

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as one of the roes that is in the field.

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1 Chron. 12:8• ⁸And 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; (1 Chron. 12:8)

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Song of Sol. 2:17• ¹⁷Until 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 of Sol. 2:17)

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Song of Sol. 8:14• ¹⁴Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Sol. 8:14)

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three.

1 Chron. 2:15‑16• ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
¹⁶Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. (1 Chron. 2:15‑16)

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1 Chron. 11:26• ²⁶Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (1 Chron. 11:26)

was as light.

2 Sam. 1:23• ²³Saul 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. (2 Sam. 1:23)

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1 Chron. 12:8• ⁸And 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; (1 Chron. 12:8)

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Psa. 147:10‑11• ¹⁰He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
¹¹The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. (Psa. 147:10‑11)

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Eccl. 9:11• ¹¹I 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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. (Eccl. 9:11)

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Amos 2:14• ¹⁴Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: (Amos 2:14)

foot.

Heb. his feet.

a wild roe.

Heb. one of the roes thatis in the field.

Psa. 18:33• ³³He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. (Psa. 18:33)

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Song of Sol. 2:17• ¹⁷Until 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 of Sol. 2:17)

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Song of Sol. 8:14• ¹⁴Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Sol. 8:14)

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Hab. 3:19• ¹⁹The 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. (Hab. 3:19)

The word {tzevee,} rather denotes the gazelle or antelope.(See note on De 15:22.)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot, as one of the gazelles that are in the field.