2 Samuel 23:18

Modern English Version

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, and won a name beside the three.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:10

The remainder of the people he placed under the charge of Abishai his brother, and lined them up opposite the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 10:14

When the Ammonites realized that Aram had fled, they retreated from before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab turned away from fighting against the Ammonites, and he came to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 18:2

Then David dispatched the people, one-third under the command of Joab, one-third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, and one-third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. Then David said to the people, “I myself will go out with you.”

2 Samuel 2:18

Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was as fast as a wild gazelle.

2 Samuel 20:10

Amasa was not on guard against the sword in the hand of Joab, and he struck him in the midsection spilling his entrails on the ground. He died without being struck a second time. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 23:19

Was he more honored than the three? He became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.

2 Samuel 3:30

So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he killed Asahel their brother at Gibeon in the battle.

1 Chronicles 2:16

their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three in all.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

And if someone might overpower another, two people can withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.