20 As for [a]Abshai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the [b]thirty, and he swung his spear against three hundred [c]and killed them; and he had a name as well as the [d]thirty. 21 Of the three in the second rank he was the most honored and became their commander; however, he did not attain to the first three.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:20 In 2 Sam 23:18, Abishai
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:20 So Syriac; M.T. three
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:20 Lit slain ones
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:20 So Syriac; M.T. three