2 Samuel 2:17-27

Abishai : the son of Zeruiah, David's sister; brother of Joab

Abner : a man of Benjamin in Saul and David's time

Ammah : a hill near Gibeon
(31° 52´, 35° 20´)

Asahel : son of Zeruiah, David's sister; brother of Joab,a Levite assigned to teach in Judah under Jehoshaphat,a Levite assistant to the temple treasurer under Hezekiah,father of Jonathan who opposed Ezra's policies

Benjaminites : the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

David : a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

Giah : a spring near Gibeon
(31° 52´, 35° 20´)

Gibeon : a town of Benjamin pioneered by Jeiel of Benjamin
(31° 51´, 35° 15´); (31° 50´, 35° 11´); (31° 50´, 35° 11´); (31° 49´, 35° 13´); (31° 25´, 35° 7´); (31° 50´, 35° 11´)

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Joab : son of Zeruiah, David's sister; commander of King David's army,son of Seraiah son of Kenaz of Judah; grand nephew of Caleb of Moses' time,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon,ancestor of a family group who returned from exile headed by Obadiah the son of Jehiel

Zeruiah : daughter of Jesse; sister of David; mother of Abishai, Asahel and Joab