2 Samuel 23:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.

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  • 2 Sam 10:10 : 10 And the rest of the people he entrusted to the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might set them in array against the children of Ammon.
  • 2 Sam 10:14 : 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they also fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Sam 18:2 : 2 And David sent a third of the people under the command of Joab, a third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go out with you myself also.
  • 1 Chr 11:20-21 : 20 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred men, slew them, and had a name among the three. 21 Of the three, he was more honored than the two, for he was their captain. However, he did not attain to the first three.
  • 1 Sam 26:6-8 : 6 Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to the camp of Saul?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you." 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night, and there lay Saul sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; but Abner and the people lay around him. 8 Then Abishai said to David, "God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now, therefore, let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him a second time."
  • 2 Sam 2:18 : 18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as fleet of foot as a wild gazelle.
  • 2 Sam 3:30 : 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
  • 2 Sam 20:10 : 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • 1 Chr 2:16 : 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

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  • 1 Chr 11:19-21
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    19And said, My God forbid that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men who have risked their lives? For they risked their lives to bring it. Therefore, he would not drink it. These things were done by these three mighty men.

    20And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred men, slew them, and had a name among the three.

    21Of the three, he was more honored than the two, for he was their captain. However, he did not attain to the first three.

  • 2 Sam 23:19
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    19Was he not the most honorable of the three? Therefore he was their captain, however, he did not attain to the first three.

  • 1 Chr 11:11
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    11And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains, who lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

  • 2 Sam 3:29-30
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    29Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

    30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

  • 2 Sam 23:21-24
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    21And he killed an Egyptian, a handsome man; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

    22These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name among the three mighty men.

    23He was more honorable than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

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  • 1 Chr 11:23-25
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    23And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high. In the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, and he went down to him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

    24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had a name among the three mighty men.

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  • 2 Sam 2:31
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    31But the servants of David had struck Benjamin, and Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.

  • 2 Sam 18:14-15
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    14Then Joab said, I cannot linger thus with you. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.

    15And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

  • 2 Sam 23:16-17
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    16And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD.

    17And he said, Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

  • 1 Sam 26:6-8
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    6Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to the camp of Saul?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."

    7So David and Abishai came to the people by night, and there lay Saul sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; but Abner and the people lay around him.

    8Then Abishai said to David, "God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now, therefore, let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him a second time."

  • 1 Chr 18:12
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  • 1 Chr 2:16
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  • 2 Sam 21:16-17
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  • 1 Sam 17:13
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  • 1 Chr 12:3
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  • 1 Kgs 2:32
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    17And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

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  • 1 Chr 12:9
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  • 2 Sam 21:21
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  • 2 Sam 23:13
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  • 1 Chr 12:29
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