20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 2:20

Commentary on 2 Samuel 2:18-24

(Read 2 Samuel 2:18-24)

Death often comes by ways we least suspect. We are often betrayed by the accomplishments we are proud of! Asahel's swiftness, which he presumed so much upon, did him no service, but hastened his end.