II Samuel 2:19 Midrash

וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ף עֲשָׂהאֵ֖ל אַחֲרֵ֣י אַבְנֵ֑ר וְלֹֽא־נָטָ֣ה לָלֶ֗כֶת עַל־הַיָּמִין֙ וְעַֽל־הַשְּׂמֹ֔אול מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י אַבְנֵֽר׃

And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

Read midrashic interpretation of II Samuel 2:19: and classical rabbinic exegesis.