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17 He said, “Far be it from me before Yahweh that I should do this. Is this not the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” So he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty warriors did. 18 Now Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah was himself the leader of the thirty. He was wielding his spear against three hundred slain and gained a name[a] among the thirty. 19 Among the thirty, is it not that he was honored and became a commander for them? But he did not come up to the three.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:18 Literally “and to him a name”