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2 Samuel 23:17-19
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Samuel 23:17-19
New American Standard Bible 1995
17 and he said, “Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this. (A)Shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
18 (B)Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was (C)chief of the [a]thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred [b]and killed them, and had a name as well as the three. 19 He was most honored of the thirty, therefore he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the three.
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- 2 Samuel 23:18 So two Heb mss and Syriac; M.T. three
- 2 Samuel 23:18 Lit slain ones
New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)
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