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Good News Translation

2 Samuel 2:19

started chasing Abner, running straight for him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abner;   Asahel;   David;   Homicide;   Israel;   Joab;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abishai;   Abner;   Joab;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Asahel;   Joab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abner;   Asahel;   Gibeon;   Joab;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abner ;   Asahel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Joab;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Asahel;   Gibeon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Asahel;   War;  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abner;   Asahel;   Blood-revenge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abner;   Asa;   Asahel;   Ish-Bosheth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He chased Abner and did not turn to the right or the left in his pursuit of him.
Hebrew Names Version
`Asa'el pursued after Aviner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Aviner.
King James Version
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Lexham English Bible
So Asahel pursued Abner, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left from going after Abner.
English Standard Version
And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
New Century Version
Asahel chased Abner, going straight toward him.
New English Translation
Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.
Amplified Bible
Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left as he followed him.
New American Standard Bible
Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Asahel followed after Abner, and in going he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from Abner.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner.
Contemporary English Version
and he ran straight after Abner, without looking to the right or to the left.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Asah'el chased Avner, going straight for him, veering neither right nor left.
Darby Translation
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from behind Abner.
Easy-to-Read Version
Asahel ran straight toward Abner and began chasing him.
George Lamsa Translation
And Ashael pursued Abner; and he turned not to the right hand nor to the left as he followed Abner.
Literal Translation
And Asahel ran after Abner, and did not turn to go to the right or to the left from following Abner.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& folowed after Abner, and turned not asyde nether to the righte hande ner to ye lefte from Abner.
American Standard Version
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Bible in Basic English
Asahel went running after Abner, not turning to the right or to the left.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Asahel folowed after Abner, and in goyng he turned neither to the right hande nor to the left, from Abner.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
King James Version (1611)
And Asahel pursued after Abner, and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Asael followed after Abenner, and turned not to go to the right hand or to the left from following Abenner.
English Revised Version
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Berean Standard Bible
and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Asahel pursuede Abner, and bowide not, nether to the riyt side nether to the left side, ceessynge to pursue Abner.
Young's Literal Translation
And Asahel pursueth after Abner, and hath not turned aside to go to the right or to the left, from after Abner.
Update Bible Version
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
World English Bible
Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
New King James Version
So Asahel pursued Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
New Living Translation
and he began chasing Abner. He pursued him relentlessly, not stopping for anything.
New Life Bible
And Asahel ran after Abner. He did not turn to the right or the left from following him.
New Revised Standard
Asahel pursued Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he followed him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Asahel pursued Abner, - and turned not, in going, to the right hand or to the left, from pursuing Abner.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Revised Standard Version
and As'ahel pursued Abner, and as he went he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner.

Contextual Overview

18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel, who could run as fast as a wild deer, 19 started chasing Abner, running straight for him. 20 Abner looked back and said, "Is that you, Asahel?" "Yes," he answered. 21 "Stop chasing me!" Abner said. "Run after one of the soldiers and take what he has." But Asahel kept on chasing him. 22 Once more Abner said to him, "Stop chasing me! Why force me to kill you? How could I face your brother Joab?" 23 But Asahel would not quit; so Abner, with a backward thrust of his spear, struck him through the stomach so that the spear came out at his back. Asahel dropped to the ground dead, and everyone who came to the place where he was lying stopped and stood there. 24 But Joab and Abishai started out after Abner, and at sunset they came to the hill of Ammah, which is to the east of Giah on the road to the wilderness of Gibeon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

turned: 2 Samuel 2:21, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 23:6, 2 Kings 22:2, Proverbs 4:27

following Abner: Heb. after Abner

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:27 - for the blood 2 Samuel 3:30 - because Joel 2:7 - They shall run

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Genesis 2:4
And that is how the universe was created. When the Lord God made the universe,
Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and there he put the man he had formed.
Genesis 2:20
So the man named all the birds and all the animals; but not one of them was a suitable companion to help him.
Genesis 2:22
He formed a woman out of the rib and brought her to him.
Genesis 2:23
Then the man said, "At last, here is one of my own kind— Bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh. ‘Woman' is her name because she was taken out of man."
Genesis 9:2
All the animals, birds, and fish will live in fear of you. They are all placed under your power.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Asahel pursued after Abner,.... Ambitious of the glory of taking or slaying the general of the army of Israel; trusting to his swiftness, not considering that the race is not always to the swift, and that he had to do with a veteran soldier, and he a raw young man, though valiant:

and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left in following Abner; he kept his eye upon him, and pursued him closely, disregarding persons on the right or left he could have made prisoners; but those he neglected, being bent on taking Abner if possible.


 
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