1 Chronicles 11:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Abishai the brother of Ioab, he was chiefe of the three, & he lift vp his speare against three hundreth, and slew them, and had the name among the three.

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  • 1 Sam 26:6 : 6 Then spake Dauid, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah, brother to Ioab, saying, Who will go downe with me to Saul to the hoste? Then Abishai said, I will goe downe with thee.
  • 2 Sam 2:18 : 18 And there were three sonnes of Zeruiah there, Ioab, and Abishai, and Asahel; Asahel was as light on foote as a wilde roe.
  • 2 Sam 3:30 : 30 (So Ioab and Abishai his brother slewe Abner, because he had slaine their brother Asahel at Gibeon in battel)
  • 2 Sam 18:2 : 2 And Dauid sent foorth the third part of the people vnder the hand of Ioab, and the thirde part vnder the hand of Abishai Ioabs brother the sonne of Zeruiah: and the other third part vnder the hand of Ittai the Gittite; the King said vnto the people, I will go with you my selfe also.
  • 2 Sam 20:6 : 6 Then Dauid sayd to Abishai, Now shal Sheba the sonne of Bichri doe vs more harme then did Absalom: take thou therefore thy lords seruants and followe after him, lest he get him walled cities, and escape vs.
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistim, and killed him. Then Dauids men sware vnto him, saying, Thou shalt goe no more out with vs to battell, lest thou quench the light of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 23:18-39 : 18 And Abishai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah, was chiefe among the three, and he lifted vp his speare against three hundreth, and slewe them, and he had the name among the three. 19 For he was most excellent of the three, & was their captaine, but he attained not vnto the first three. 20 And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a valiant man, which had done many actes, and was of Kabzeel, slewe two strong men of Moab: he went downe also, and slewe a lyon in the middes of a pit in the time of snowe. 21 And he slewe an Egyptian a man of great stature, and the Egyptian had a speare in his hande: but he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare. 22 These things did Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among the three worthies. 23 He was honourable among thirtie, but he atteined not to the first three: and Dauid made him of his counsell. 24 Asahel the brother of Ioab was one of the thirtie: Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Beth-lehem: 25 Shammah the Harodite: Elika ye Harodite: 26 Helez the Paltite: Ira the sonne of Ikkesh the Tekoite: 27 Abiezer the Anethothite: Mebunnai the Husathite: 28 Zalmon an Ahohite: Maharai the Netophathite: 29 Heleb the sonne of Baanah a Netophathite: Ittai the sonne of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Beniamin: 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite: Hiddai of the riuer of Gaash: 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite: Azmaueth the Barhumite: 32 Elihaba the Shaalbonite: of the sonnes of Iashen, Ionathan: 33 Shammah the Hararite: Ahiam the sonne of Sharar the Hamrite: 34 Eliphelet the sonne of Ahasbai the sonne of Maachathi: Eliam the sonne of Ahithophel the Gilonite: 35 Hezrai the Carmelite: Paarai the Arbite: 36 Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zobah: Bani the Gadite: 37 Zelek the Ammonite: Naharai the Becrothite, the armour bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah: 38 Ira the Ithrite: Gareb the Ithrite: 39 Vriiah the Hittite, thirtie and seuen in all.
  • 1 Chr 2:16 : 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail; the sonnes of Zeruiah, Abishai, & Ioab, and Asahel.

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  • 2 Sam 23:17-19
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    17 And said, O Lord, be it farre from me, that I should doe this. Is not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardie of their liues? Therefore he woulde not drinke it. These things did these three mightie men.

    18 And Abishai the brother of Ioab, the sonne of Zeruiah, was chiefe among the three, and he lifted vp his speare against three hundreth, and slewe them, and he had the name among the three.

    19 For he was most excellent of the three, & was their captaine, but he attained not vnto the first three.

  • 1 Chr 11:21
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    21 Among the three he was more honourable then the two, and he was their captaine: but he attained not vnto the first three.

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    11 And this is the nomber of the valiant men whome Dauid had, Iashobeam the sonne of Hachmoni, the chiefe among thirtie: he lift vp his speare against three hundreth, whom he slewe at one time.

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    29 Let the blood fall on the head of Ioab, and on all his fathers house, that the house of Ioab be neuer without some that haue running issues, or leper, or that leaneth on a staffe, or that doeth fall on the sworde, or that lacketh bread.

    30 (So Ioab and Abishai his brother slewe Abner, because he had slaine their brother Asahel at Gibeon in battel)

  • 1 Chr 11:23-26
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    23 And he slewe an Egyptian, a man of great stature, euen fiue cubites long, and in the Egyptians hand was a speare like a weauers beame: and he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.

    24 These things did Benaiah ye sonne of Iehoiada, & had the name among the three worthies.

    25 Behold, he was honourable among thirtie, but he attained not vnto the first three. And Dauid made him of his counsell.

    26 These also were valiant men of warre, Asahel the brother of Ioab, Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

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    19 And said, Let not my God suffer me to do this: should I drinke the blood of these mens liues? for they haue brought it with the ieopardie of their liues: therefore he would not drinke it: these things did these three mightie men.

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    21 And he slewe an Egyptian a man of great stature, and the Egyptian had a speare in his hande: but he went downe to him with a staffe, and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand, and slewe him with his owne speare.

    22 These things did Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and had the name among the three worthies.

    23 He was honourable among thirtie, but he atteined not to the first three: and Dauid made him of his counsell.

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    14 Then saide Ioab, I will not thus tary with thee; he tooke three dartes in his hande, and thrust them through Absalom, while he was yet aliue in the middes of the oke.

    15 And tenne seruants that bare Ioabs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slewe him.

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    31 But the seruants of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin, and of Abners men, so that three hundreth and threescore men dyed.

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    6 Then spake Dauid, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah, brother to Ioab, saying, Who will go downe with me to Saul to the hoste? Then Abishai said, I will goe downe with thee.

    7 So Dauid and Abishai came downe to the people by night: and beholde, Saul lay sleeping within the fort, and his speare did sticke in the ground at his head: and Abner and the people lay round about him.

    8 Then saide Abishai to Dauid, God hath closed thine enemie into thine hande this day: now therefore, I pray thee, let me smite him once with a speare to the earth, and I will not smite him againe.

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    17 But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistim, and killed him. Then Dauids men sware vnto him, saying, Thou shalt goe no more out with vs to battell, lest thou quench the light of Israel.

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    16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail; the sonnes of Zeruiah, Abishai, & Ioab, and Asahel.

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    10 But Amasa tooke no heede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hande: for therewith he smote him in the fift rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and smote him not the second time: so he dyed. then Ioab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.

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    27 And when Abner was come againe to Hebron, Ioab tooke him aside in the gate to speake with him peaceably, and smote him vnder the fift ryb, that he dyed, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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    22 And Abner saide to Asahel, Depart from me: wherefore shoulde I smite thee to the grounde? Howe then shoulde I be able to holde vp my face to Ioab thy brother?

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