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ASAHEL
1. Warrior among David’s mighty men known as “the thirty” (2 Sm 23:24; 1 Chr 11:26). Asahel was the son of David’s half sister Zeruiah and the brother of Joab and Abishai (2 Sm 2:18; 1 Chr 2:16). In the battle of Gibeon, David’s general Joab engaged the forces of Abner, leader of Ishbosheth’s army. Asahel, who “could run like a deer,” pursued Abner, but in the ensuing encounter Abner killed Asahel (2 Sm 2:18-23, 32).
2. One of the Levites sent out by King Jehoshaphat of Judah to teach the people the law of the Lord (2 Chr 17:8).
3. Temple aide appointed by King Hezekiah to take care of the tithed offerings given to support the Levites (2 Chr 31:13).
4. Father of Jonathan. Jonathan (not to be confused with Saul’s son) opposed the appointment of a commission to take action concerning the foreign (pagan) wives of some of the Jews after the Babylonian exile (Ezr 10:15).