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2 Samuel 23:17-19
New English Translation
2 Samuel 23:17-19
New English Translation
17 and said, “O Lord, I will not do this![a] It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.”[b] So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.[c]
18 Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three.[d] He killed 300 men with his spear and gained fame among the three.[e] 19 From[f] the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.
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- 2 Samuel 23:17 tn Heb “Far be it to me, O Lord, from doing this.”
- 2 Samuel 23:17 tn Heb “[Is it not] the blood of the men who were going with their lives?”
- 2 Samuel 23:17 tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”
- 2 Samuel 23:18 tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and Vulgate in reading הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה (hashelosha, “the three”) rather than the Kethib of the MT הַשָּׁלִשִׁי (hashalishi, “the third,” or “adjutant”). Two medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta have “thirty.”
- 2 Samuel 23:18 tn Heb “and he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain, and to him there was a name among the three.”
- 2 Samuel 23:19 tn Or “more than.”
2 Samuel 23:17-19
New International Version
2 Samuel 23:17-19
New International Version
17 “Far be it from me, Lord, to do this!” he said. “Is it not the blood(A) of men who went at the risk of their lives?” And David would not drink it.
Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.
18 Abishai(B) the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three.[a] He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three. 19 Was he not held in greater honor than the Three? He became their commander, even though he was not included among them.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 23:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:20); two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Thirty
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