2 Samuel 23:19

New Living Translation

Abishai was the most famous of the Thirty and was their commander, though he was not one of the Three.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:13

Once during the harvest, when David was at the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there.

2 Samuel 23:16

So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the Lord.

2 Samuel 23:18

Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was the leader of the Thirty. He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle. It was by such feats that he became as famous as the Three.

2 Samuel 23:20

There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.

2 Samuel 23:9

Next in rank among the Three was Eleazar son of Dodai, a descendant of Ahoah. Once Eleazar and David stood together against the Philistines when the entire Israelite army had fled.

1 Chronicles 11:25

He was more honored than the other members of the Thirty, though he was not one of the Three. And David made him captain of his bodyguard.

Matthew 13:23

The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

Matthew 13:8

Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.