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Zeruiah ... Joab ... Abishai ... Asahel ... Abner

These are the names of men. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

Asahel was swift in his feet like a wild gazelle

Here Asahel is compared to a gazelle, an animal that runs very fast. AT: "Asahel could run very fast" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

wild gazelle

This small, four-legged animal, with two long horns on its head, runs very fast.

followed him without turning away in any direction

Here "without turning away" is stated in negative form to emphasize how closely he followed Abner's path. AT: "followed him wherever he went"