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2 Samuel 23:18

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Samuel 23:18

Verse 18 of 39

Scripture focus

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.

2 Samuel 23:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:18

Theological / Devotional

Chief among three. This is the reading of the margin of the Hebrew Bible. The word for “three” in the text is either misspelled in the presently available manuscripts or incomplete. Several Hebrew manuscripts and the Syriac read “thirty.” According to the translation of the KJV, Abishai was the first in the second triad (v. 19) and Benaiah (vs. 20, 22) was the second, with the third member not named. If Abishai was chief of the “thirty,” then Benaiah was besides the three, but he and Abishai were not equal to them.

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