¹⁸ Now ^(A)the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was ^(B)as ^[a]swift-footed as one of the gazelles that is in the field.

⁷ The fourth, for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.