2Sa 2:18-32.
Asael (Heb. iAí’âh*êl, “God has done” or “work of God”). 1. Son of David’s sister, Sarvia, and brother of Joab and Abishai (1Ch 2:16). Brave warrior and swift runner (2Sa 2:18; 23:24), he fell near Gibeon at the hands of Abner, who killed him in self-defense. However, his brothers avenged his death (2:12-23; 3:27-30). The statement that in the organization of David’s army the 4th corps was placed under “Asael the brother of Joab, and after him Zebadiah his son”, probably indicates an act of homage to the dead, and that his son Zebadiah acted in place of him. his father already deceased (1Ch 27:7). But it is also possible that the text refers to a provision made before Asael’s death, and before the reorganization recorded in 1Ch_27 2. A Levite who taught the people the law at the time of Jehoshaphat (2Ch 17:8). 3. Steward of the temple in Hezekiah’s time (2Ch. 31:13). 4. Father of Jonathan, one of Ezra’s assistants who opposed the conciliatory attitude towards those who had taken foreign wives (Ezr 10:15). 44. Seal, bearing the name Asaph, found at Megiddo.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(whom God made).
1. Youngest son of Sarvia, David’s sister; brother of Joab and Abishai. The three were among David’s valiant men; Asael commanded 24,000 men (1Ch 27:7). A fast runner, he pursued Abner, Saul’s former general (2Sa 2:18-23) who killed him.
2. Levite teacher during Jehoshaphat’s reign (2Ch 17:8).
3. A Levite during Hezekiah’s reign who supervised the offerings (2Ch 31:13).
4. Father of a certain Jonathan (Ezr 10:15).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(God has done). Name of people from the OT.
1. The youngest of the sons of †¢Sarvia, being †¢Joab and †¢Abishai his other brothers. He † œwas swift on his feet like a gazelle of the field † (2Sa 2:18). In the battle between the servants of David and those of †¢Is-bosheth (son of Saul), the latter fled. †¢Abner, general of Ish-bosheth, was running, but A. rushed after him. Abner told him to follow someone else, but A. insisted. Abner told him that he did not want to kill him, because of his brother Joab. † œAnd not wanting to go away, Abner wounded him † in a maneuver that consisted of slowing down his own speed and hitting the one following him with the butt of his spear (2Sa 2:23). This caused Joab later to kill Abner † œin revenge for the death of A. his brother † (2Sa 3:27).
. One of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat as educators who “having the book of the law of the Lord with them … went through all the cities of Judah, teaching the people” (2Ch 17:7-9).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, BIOG HOMB HOAT = “God has created”. Name of person, one of David’s “heroes” (2 Sam. 23:24), brother of Joab and Abishai, killed by Abner (2 Sam. 2:18-32). He was renowned for his speed in the race.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
(heb. ˓aśāh˒ēl, ‘God has made’). 1. Son of Sarvia, sister of David, and brother of Joab and Abishai (1 Cr. 2.16). He was famous for his admirable speed, but when he used it to pursue *Abner after the encounter at Gibeon, Abner was forced to use his greater combat experience to kill him (2 Sam. 2.18ff.). From there arose a blood rivalry, one of the consequences of which was that Abner died treacherously at the hands of Joab (2 Sam. 3.27ff.). He was one of the thirty mighty men selected by David (2 Samuel 23:24), and in 1 Chronicles 27:7 he is listed as in charge of 24,000 men appointed to serve David during the fourth month. This list may have been prepared early in David’s reign, so that Asael is now represented by his son Zebadiah.
2. One of the nine Levites that Jehoshaphat sent, along with priests and princes, on a teaching mission through the cities of Judah (2 Chr. 17.8). 3. A steward who helped control tithes for the temple at the time of Hezekiah (2 Chron. 31.13). 4. Father of Jonathan who opposed the appointment of a select group representing those who returned from exile to decide on the expulsion of foreign wives (Ezra 10.15).
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Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary