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18 And there were three sonnes of Zaruia there: Ioab, Abisai, and Asahel: And Asahel was as light of foote as a wilde Roe. 19 And Asahel folowed after Abner, and in goyng he turned neither to the right hande nor to the left, from Abner. 20 Then Abner loked behynd him, and sayde: Art thou Asahel? He aunswered: Yea. 21 Abner sayd: Turne thee either to the right hande or the left, and catche one of the young men, and take thee his weapons. But Asahel woulde not depart from him. 22 And Abner sayd agayne to Asahel, Depart fro me: Wherfore should I smite thee to the grounde, and not be able to holde vp my face to Ioab thy brother? 23 Howebeit, when he woulde in no wyse depart, Abner with the hynder ende of the speare smote him vnder the fyft ribbe, that the speare came out behinde him, that he fell downe in the same place, and died there: And as many as came to the place where Asahel fell downe and died, stoode still. 2 Samuel 2:18-23, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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