18 Now (A)the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was (B)as [a]swift-footed as one of the gazelles that is in the field.

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  1. 2 Samuel 2:18 Lit light in his feet

18 The three sons of Zeruiah(A) were there: Joab,(B) Abishai(C) and Asahel.(D) Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle.(E)

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16 (A)Joab the son of Zeruiah was commander over the army, and (B)Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was (C)secretary.

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16 Joab(A) son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat(B) son of Ahilud was recorder;(C)

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18 Now (A)Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was (B)chief of the [a]thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred [b]and killed them, and had a name [c]as well as the three.

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  1. 2 Samuel 23:18 As in two Heb mss and Syriac; MT three
  2. 2 Samuel 23:18 Lit slain ones
  3. 2 Samuel 23:18 Lit among the

18 Abishai(A) 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.

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  1. 2 Samuel 23:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 11:20); two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Thirty