1 Samuel 26:6
6Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab’s brother aAbishai the son of Zeruiah, b“Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”2 Samuel 2:18
18And the cthree sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was das swift of foot as a wild gazelle.2 Samuel 3:30
30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because ehe had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.2 Samuel 18:2
2And David sent out the army, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one third under the command of fIttai the Gittite. And the king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”2 Samuel 20:6
6And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take gyour lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us.” ▼▼Hebrew and snatch away our eyes
2 Samuel 21:17
17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, i“You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench jthe lamp of Israel.”2 Samuel 23:18-39
18Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. ▼▼Two Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts three
And he wielded his spear against three hundred men ▼▼Or slain ones
and killed them and won a name beside the three. 19He was the most renowned of the thirty ▼▼Compare 1 Chronicles 11:25; Hebrew Was he the most renowned of the three?
and became their commander, but he did not attain to nthe three. 20And oBenaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man ▼
▼Or the son of Ishhai
of qKabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels ▼▼The meaning of the word ariel is unknown
of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21And he struck down an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 22These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men. 23He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard. 24 sAsahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25 tShammah of Harod, Elika of Harod, 26Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh uof Tekoa, 27Abiezer vof Anathoth, Mebunnai wthe Hushathite, 28Zalmon xthe Ahohite, Maharai yof Netophah, 29Heleb the son of Baanah zof Netophah, Ittai the son of Ribai of aaGibeah of the people of Benjamin, 30Benaiah abof Pirathon, Hiddai of the brooks of acGaash, 31Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth of adBahurim, 32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 aeShammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai afof Maacah, agEliam the son of ahAhithophel the Gilonite, 35Hezro ▼
▼Or Hezrai
ajof Carmel, Paarai the Arbite, 36Igal the son of Nathan akof Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai alof Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 amIra the anIthrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39 aoUriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all. 1 Chronicles 2:16
16And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. apThe sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
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