2 Samuel 2:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶ They all caught their opponents by the head and thrust their swords into their opponents’ sides, so they all fell down together. That is why this place was called the Field of Adversaries, Helkath-hazzurim in Gibeon.

¹⁷ The battle that followed this contest was brutal that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

¹⁸ All three of Zeruiah’s sons were fighting for David: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a swift runner, fast as a gazelle,