2 Samuel 2:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ Each man caught his opponent by the head and plunged his sword into his opponent's side, so that all twenty-four of them fell down dead together. And so that place in Gibeon is called “Field of Swords.”

¹⁷ Then a furious battle broke out, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated by David's men. ¹⁸ The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel, who could run as fast as a wild deer,