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2 Samuel 23:17-19
Revised Standard Version
2 Samuel 23:17-19
Revised Standard Version
17 and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
18 Now Abi′shai, the brother of Jo′ab, the son of Zeru′iah, was chief of the thirty.[a] And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three. 19 He was the most renowned of the thirty,[b] and became their commander; but he did not attain to the three.
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- 2 Samuel 23:18 Two Hebrew Mss Syr: MT three
- 2 Samuel 23:19 1 Chr 11.25: Heb Was he the most renowned of the three?
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