2Sa 23:18 | NETfull | STEP | Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three. He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame among the three.

2 Samuel 23:18

18 Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three. ^{▼▼ The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and Vulgate in reading הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה (hash^elosa, “the three”) rather than the Kethib of the MT הַשָּׁלִשִׁי (hashalisi, “the third,” or “adjutant”). Two medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta have “thirty.”} He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame among the three. ^{▼▼ Heb “and he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain, and to him there was a name among the three.”}