1 Chronicles 11:20

20 Now Abishai the brother of Joab was himself the head of the three. And he roused himself with his spear against three hundred [whom he] killed and [made] a name for himself among the three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:20

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:20 In-Context

18 Then the three broke through into the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem that [was] by the gate and brought [it] and came to David. But David would not drink it and poured it out before Yahweh.
19 And he said, "Far be it from me [that] I would do this before my God. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For {at the risk of their lives} they brought it." And he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
20 Now Abishai the brother of Joab was himself the head of the three. And he roused himself with his spear against three hundred [whom he] killed and [made] a name for himself among the three.
21 {He was twice as renowned} among the three and was their commander. But he did not attain to the three.
22 [And] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] {a strong man} from Kabzeel, [one who did] great deeds. He himself struck down two [sons of] Ariel of Moab. And he himself went down and struck down a lion within a pit on a snowy day.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Other manuscripts have "thirty" which makes better sense in the context
  • [b]. According to the reading tradition (Qere)
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