for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.)

The three sons of Zeruiah were there – Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. (Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.)

The Benjaminites formed their ranks behind Abner and were like a single army, standing at the top of a certain hill.

Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons.