1Sa 26:6-8, 2Sa 2:18, 3:30, 10:10, 14, 18:2, 20:10, 1Ch 2:16, 11:20-21 | ESV | STEP | Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite , and to Joab’s brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah , Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul ? And Abishai said , I will go down with you.

a 2 Sam. 2:18; 3:39; 16:10; 19:22; 1 Chr. 2:16

b[Judg. 7:9-11]

c[See ver. 5 above]

d ver. 11, 16

e[ch. 24:4, 18]

f 1 Chr. 2:16; [1 Sam. 26:6]

g[ch. 22:34; 1 Chr. 12:8; Ps. 18:33; Song 2:17; 8:14; Hab. 3:19]

kSee ch. 2:23

1 Samuel 26:6-8

6 Then 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.” 7 So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within ^cthe encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground ^dat his head, and Abner and the army lay around him. 8 Then Abishai said to David, ^e“God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.”

2 Samuel 2:18

18 And the ^fthree sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was ^gas swift of foot as a wild gazelle.

2 Samuel 3:30

30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because ^hhe had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

2 Samuel 10:10

10 The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 10:14

14 And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 18:2

2 And 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 ⁱIttai the Gittite. And the king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”

2 Samuel 20:10

10 But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab’s hand. ^jSo Joab struck him with it ^kin the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died.

Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

1 Chronicles 2:16

16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. ^lThe sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

1 Chronicles 11:20-21

20 Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty. ^{▼▼Syriac; Hebrew three} And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three. 21 He was the most renowned ^{▼▼Compare 2 Samuel 23:19; Hebrew more renowned among the two} of the thirty ^{▼▼Syriac; Hebrew three} and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.