Asahel. The third of the second three.
brother of Joab, but not Joab. His name here but not himself, because when the time of the end comes. with its "last words", loyalty will be the one test. Joab remained true in Absalom's rebellion, but fell away in Adonijah's. Hence in 1 Corinthians 16:22 "love" is the test, in the light of "Maranatha", not the "strifes" of 1 Corinthians 3, or the wrong judgments of 1 Corinthians 4, or the uncleanness of 1 Corinthians 5, or going to law of 1 Corinthians 6. not the fornication of 1 Corinthians 7, not. wrong conscience of 1Co. and 1 Corinthians 10, not ecclesiastical disorders of 1 Corinthians 11, not the misuse of special gifts (1 Corinthians 12; 1 Corinthians 13; 1 Corinthians 14), not orthodoxy (1 Corinthians 15), but "love" and loyalty to the Person of Christ, the true David, David's son and David's Lord.