2 Samuel 23:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Thirty. With his spear he fought against three hundred men and killed them and won a name beside the Three.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:10

the rest of the troops he put in the charge of his brother Abishai, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 10:14

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans fled, they likewise fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 18:2

And David sent forth the army: one third under the command of Joab; one third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother; and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”

2 Samuel 2:18

The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand; Joab struck him in the belly so that his entrails poured out on the ground, and he died. He did not strike a second blow. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 23:19

He was the most renowned of the Thirty and became their commander, but he did not attain to the Three.

2 Samuel 3:30

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

1 Chronicles 2:16

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

Ecclesiastes 4:12

And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.