2 Samuel 2:17-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷That day the battle was very severe, and ^(A)Abner and the men of Israel were defeated ^[a]by the servants of David.

¹⁸Now ^(B)the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was ^(C)as ^[b]swift-footed as one of the gazelles that is in the field. ¹⁹Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn ^[c]to the right or to the left from following Abner. ²⁰Then Abner looked behind himself and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” And he said, “It is I!”

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 2:17 Lit in front of
2 Samuel 2:18 Lit light in his feet
2 Samuel 2:19 Lit to go to

Jeremiah 17:9-14

New American Standard Bible

⁹“The ^(A)heart is more ^(B)deceitful than all else
And is desperately ^(C)sick;
Who can understand it?
¹⁰I, the Lord, ^(D)search the heart,
I test the ^[a]mind,
^(E)To give to each person according to his ways,
According to the ^[b]results of his deeds.
¹¹As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is a person who ^(F)makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the middle of his days it will abandon him,
And in ^[c]the end he will be a ^(G)fool.”

¹²^(H)A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
¹³Lord, the ^(I)hope of Israel,
All who ^(J)abandon You will be put to shame.
Those who turn ^[d]away on earth will be ^(K)written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, that is the Lord.
¹⁴^(L)Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
^(M)Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my ^(N)praise.