2 Samuel 18:2

God's Word

David put a third of the troops under Joab’s command, another third under Joab’s brother Abishai (Zeruiah’s son), and the last third under Ittai from Gath. “I am going ⌞into battle⌟ with you,” the king said to the troops.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:11

So my advice is to gather all Israel’s troops from Dan to Beersheba, since they are as numerous as the sand on the seashore. Lead them into battle yourself.

2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai, son of Zeruiah, came to help David. He attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore an oath, saying, “You’ll never go into battle with us again. The lamp of Israel must never be extinguished.”

2 Samuel 23:18

Joab’s brother Abishai, Zeruiah’s son, was the leader of the thirty. He used his spear to kill 300 men. He was as famous as the three

2 Samuel 8:16

Zeruiah’s son Joab was in charge of the army. Ahilud’s son Jehoshaphat was the royal historian.

1 Kings 2:28

The news reached Joab. (He had supported Adonijah, although he hadn’t supported Absalom.) So Joab fled to the Lord’s tent and clung to the horns of the altar.

Psalm 3:6

I am not afraid of the tens of thousands who have taken positions against me on all sides.

Judges 7:16

Gideon divided the 300 men into three companies. He gave them each rams’ horns and jars with torches inside.

Judges 7:19

Gideon and his 100 men came to the edge of the camp. It was the beginning of the midnight watch just at the change of the guards. They blew their rams’ horns and smashed the jars they were holding in their hands.

Judges 9:43

So he took his troops, divided them into three companies, and set an ambush in the fields. He watched and saw the people coming out of the city. Then he began to attack them.

1 Samuel 11:11

The next day Saul arranged the army in three divisions. They came into the ⌞Ammonite⌟ camp during the morning hours and continued to defeat the Ammonites until it got hot that day. The survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.