¹¹ He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai^(A) his brother, and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

¹² Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites^(A) in the Valley of Salt.

⁹ The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance to their city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

²⁰ Abishai^(A) the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.