2 Samuel 23:18

Contextual Overview

⁸ These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Jishbaal the Hachmonite, [of] the elite troops; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time. ⁸ These are the names of David's mightiest warriors. The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the three mightiest warriors among David's men. He once used his spear to kill 800 enemy warriors in a single battle. ⁸ These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb–basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time. ⁸ These are the names of David's warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, the Tahkemonite, was head of the Three. He killed eight hundred men at one time. ⁸ These are the names of David's warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers. He killed eight hundred men with his spear in one battle. ⁸ These [are] the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same [was] Adino the Eznite: [he lifted up his spear] against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. ⁸ These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time. ⁸These are the names of the mighty men (warriors) whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, also called Adino the Eznite (spear) because of the eight hundred men killed [by him] at one time. ⁸ These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he killed at one time. ⁸ These ben the names of the stronge men of Dauid. Dauid sittith in the chaier, the wiseste prince among thre; he is as a moost tendir worm of tree, that killide eiyte hundrid with o fersnesse.

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Abishai: 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 3:30, 2 Samuel 10:10, 2 Samuel 10:14, 2 Samuel 18:2, 2 Samuel 20:10, 1 Samuel 26:6-8, 1 Chronicles 2:16, 1 Chronicles 11:20, 1 Chronicles 11:21

and slew them: Heb. slain

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 17:8 - mighty men 2 Samuel 20:6 - Abishai 2 Samuel 20:21 - lifted 1 Chronicles 18:12 - Moreover Ecclesiastes 4:12 - and a

Cross-References

Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 34:20
Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 34:20
Then Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their [walled] city [where the leading men would meet] and spoke with the men of the city, saying,

Genesis 34:20
And thei entriden in to the yate of the citee, and spaken to the puple,

Genesis 34:20
And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three,.... Another triumvirate, of which he was the head:

and he lifted up his spear against three hundred, [and] slew [them]; Josephus e says six hundred; this seems to confirm the reading of

2 Samuel 23:8, that the number eight hundred is right, for if it was only three hundred, Abishai would have been equal to one, even the first, of the former three; which yet is denied him in 2 Samuel 23:19:

and had the name among three; of which he was one; and he had the chief name among them, or was the most famous of them.

e Antiqu. l. 7. c. 12. sect. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three - “The three” 2 Samuel 23:22. It was Abishai’s prowess on this occasion that raised him to be chief of this triad.