2 Samuel 23:17-19
17and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink athe blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.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 ethe three. 2 Samuel 23:23
23He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.1 Chronicles 11:19
19and said, “Far be it from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.1 Chronicles 11:21
21He 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.
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