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17 And he said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should drink this. [Is it not the same as] the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” So he would not drink it. These things the [a]three mighty men did.

18 Now Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah was chief of the [b]thirty. He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, and gained a reputation beside the three. 19 He was the most honored of the thirty, so he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the [greatness of the] three.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:17 I.e. Josheb-basshebeth, Eleazar, and Shammah.
  2. 2 Samuel 23:18 So two Hebrew mss and Syriac; MT three.

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