18 Now (A)Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was (B)chief of the [a]thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred [b]and killed them, and had a name [c]as well as the three.

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  1. 2 Samuel 23:18 As in two Heb mss and Syriac; MT three
  2. 2 Samuel 23:18 Lit slain ones
  3. 2 Samuel 23:18 Lit among the

18 Abishai(A) the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three.[a] He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.

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  1. 2 Samuel 23:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:20); two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Thirty