2 Samuel 23:18

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Also Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was first among the three. It was he who lifted up his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed. And he was renowned among the three,

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:10

But the remaining part of the people he delivered to his brother Abishai, who formed a battle line against the sons of Ammon.

2 Samuel 10:14

Then, seeing that the Syrians had fled, the sons of Ammon themselves also fled from the face of Abishai, and they entered into the city. And Joab returned from the sons of Ammon, and he went to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 18:2

And he placed a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Ittai, who was from Gath. And the king said to the people, "I, too, will go forth with you."

2 Samuel 2:18

Now the three sons of Zeruiah were in that place: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was a very swift runner, like one of the deer that lives in the forest.

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa did not notice the sword that Joab had. And he struck him in the side, and his intestines poured out to the ground. And he did not inflict a second wound, and he died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba, the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 23:19

and he was the noblest of the three, and he was their leader. But at first he did not attain to the three.

2 Samuel 3:30

And so, Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon, during the battle.

1 Chronicles 2:16

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.