22 So Abner said again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I face your brother Joab?"

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 2:22

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.