18 Now the (A)three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was (B)as fleet of foot (C)as a wild gazelle.

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Some Gadites [a]joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were (A)as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 12:8 Lit. separated themselves to

19 [a]The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like (A)deer’s feet,
And He will make me (B)walk on my high hills.

To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.

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  1. Habakkuk 3:19 Heb. YHWH Adonai

33 (A)He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
And (B)sets me on my high places.

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14 (A)Therefore [a]flight shall perish from the swift,
The strong shall not strengthen his power,
(B)Nor shall the mighty [b]deliver himself;

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  1. Amos 2:14 Or the place of refuge
  2. Amos 2:14 Lit. save his soul or life

11 I returned (A)and saw under the sun that—

The race is not to the swift,
Nor the battle to the strong,
Nor bread to the wise,
Nor riches to men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and (B)chance happen to them all.

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10 (A)He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.

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26 Also the mighty warriors were (A)Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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15 Ozem the sixth, and David the (A)seventh.

16 Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. (B)And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three.

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23 “Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives,
And in their (A)death they were not divided;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were (B)stronger than lions.

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Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai (A)the son of Zeruiah, brother of (B)Joab, saying, “Who will (C)go down with me to Saul in the camp?”

And (D)Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

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