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2 Samuel 23:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 23:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 for he said, “The Lord forbid that I should do this. Can I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three warriors did these things.(A)
18 Now Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Thirty.[a] With his spear he fought against three hundred men and killed them and won a name beside the Three.(B) 19 He was the most renowned of the Thirty[b] and became their commander, but he did not attain to the Three.
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