2 Samuel 18:2

New American Bible - revised edition

David then divided the troops three ways, a third under Joab, a third under Abishai, son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops, “I intend to go out with you myself.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:11

This is what I counsel: Let all Israel be assembled, from Dan to Beer-sheba, as numerous as the sands by the sea, and you yourself go with them.

2 Samuel 21:17

but Abishai, son of Zeruiah, came to help him, and struck and killed the Philistine. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must not go out to battle with us again, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

2 Samuel 23:18

Abishai, the brother of Joab, son of Zeruiah, was the chief of the Thirty; he brandished his spear over three hundred whom he had slain. He made a name among the Thirty,

2 Samuel 8:16

Joab, son of Zeruiah, was in command of the army. Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was chancellor.

1 Kings 2:28

When the news came to Joab, since he had sided with Adonijah, though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and clung to the horns of the altar.

Psalm 3:6

I lie down and I fall asleep, [and] I will wake up, for the Lord sustains me.

Judges 7:16

He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and provided them all with horns and with empty jars and torches inside the jars.

Judges 7:19

So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the posting of the guards. They blew the horns and broke the jars they were holding.

Judges 9:43

He divided the troops he had into three companies, and set up an ambush in the fields. He watched until he saw the army leave the city and then went on the attack against them.

1 Samuel 11:11

The next day, Saul arranged his troops in three companies and invaded the camp during the dawn watch. They slaughtered Ammonites until the day had gotten hot; by then the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together. Saul Accepted as King.