SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:18
¶ Y estaban allí los tres hijos de Sarvia: Joab, y Abisai, y Asael. Este Asael era suelto de pies como un corzo del monte.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 2:18
Verse 18. Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe] To be swift of foot was deemed a great accomplishment in the heroes of antiquity; podav wkuv acilleuv, the swift-footed Achilles, is an epithet which Homer gives to that hero no less than thirty times in the course of the Ilias. It has a qualification also among the Roman soldiers; they were taught both to run swiftly, and to swim well.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. And there were three sons of Zeruiah there , etc.] In the battle, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel ; Joab was the general of the array, Abishai was he who went into Saul’s host at night, and took away his spear and cruse of water at his head, ( 1 Samuel 26:6,7); and it is for the sake of the third, Asahel, that the account is given, the story of his death being about to be told. And Asahel [was as] light of foot as a wild roe : swiftness of foot, as well as courage, for which this man was famous, ( 1 Chronicles 11:26); was a very great qualification for a warrior f29 . So Achilles, in Homer f30 , is often said to be swift of foot, and others of his heroes are commended for their swiftness. Harold son of King Canutus, was from his swiftness called Harefoot; as here this man for the same reason is compared to a wild roe, which is a very swift creature, or to one of the roes that were in the field as in the original text. (see Song of Solomon 2:7,17 8:14); one sort of which, called “kemas”, is said to run as swift as a tempest f32 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-24 - Death often comes by ways we least suspect. We are often betrayed by the accomplishments we are proud of! Asahel's swiftness, which he presumed so much upon, did him no service, but hastened his end.
Original Hebrew
ויהיו 1961 שׁם 8033 שׁלשׁה 7969 בני 1121 צרויה 6870 יואב 3097 ואבישׁי 52 ועשׂהאל 6214 ועשׂהאל 6214 קל 7031 ברגליו 7272 כאחד 259 הצבים 6643 אשׁר 834 בשׂדה׃ 7704
