16. They grabbed each other by the hair and stabbed each other in the side with their daggers. They all died there! That's why the place in Gibeon is called “Field of Daggers”.
17. Then everyone started fighting. Both sides fought very hard, but David's soldiers defeated Abner and the soldiers of Israel.
18. Zeruiah's three sons were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel could run as fast as a deer in an open field,
19. and he ran straight after Abner, without looking to the right or to the left.
20. When Abner turned and saw him, he said, “Is that you, Asahel?”Asahel answered, “Yes it is.”