2 Samuel 23:18

And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he was chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among three.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, + 23:17 Gr. if.that I should drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives: and he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

19Of those three he was most honourable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached not to the first three.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:18And there were there the three sons of Saruia, Joab, and Abessa, and Asael: and Asael was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.

2 Samuel 10:10And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abessa his brother, and they set the battle in array opposite to the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 18:2And David sent away the people, the third part + 18:2 Gr. in, by.under the hand of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Abessa the son of Saruia, the brother of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Ethi the Gittite. And David said to the people, I also will surely go out with you.

1 Chronicles 2:16And their sister was Saruia, and another Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia were Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three.

Ecclesiastes 4:12And if one should prevail against him, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:9-39

David's Mighty Men. ( b. c. 1054.) 8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his… Read the whole commentary →

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