(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Would you like to read James McNaught’s novel Sinking Sand”? click here: Sinking Sand
2 Samuel 2:18–24, “And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.”
After the battle Joab and his brothers, along with their troops chased Abner’s troops so that they could kill all of them. Joab’s brother, Asahel, was a very fast runner and he decided that he would kill Abner. Abner ran away from the battle hoping to escape and recover. Asahel chased Abner so that he could achieve his goal. Asahel was a young warrior while Abner was very experienced. Abner warned Asahel that he would kill him if he wanted to fight a personal battle that day. Abner told Asahel to go and fight someone else but Asahel refused so Abner turned and killed him, in order to save his own life. The battle continued till the end of the day.
No comments:
Post a Comment