"Saul and Jonathan, so wonderful and dear; together in life, together in death; swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel, who could run as fast as a wild deer,

started chasing Abner, running straight for him.

it comes out in the morning like a happy bridegroom, like an athlete eager to run a race.

The LORD gives a signal to call for a distant nation. He whistles for them to come from the ends of the earth. And here they come, swiftly, quickly!

Their arrows are sharp, and their bows are ready to shoot. Their horses' hoofs are as hard as flint, and their chariot wheels turn like a whirlwind.

They rush against the city; they run over the walls; they climb up the houses and go in through the windows like thieves.

That day David said to his men, "Does anybody here hate the Jebusites as much as I do? Enough to kill them? Then go up through the water tunnel and attack those poor blind cripples." (That is why it is said, "The blind and the crippled cannot enter the LORD's house.")

I will send enemies to cut down my people's vineyards, but not to destroy them completely. I will tell them to strip away the branches, because those branches are not mine.

Locusts: they have no king, but they move in formation.