Kings II 23:18

18 And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among three.

Kings II 23:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:18

And he said, let him alone, let no man move his bones
Not take them out of the grave, as they had done the rest:

so they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came
out of Samaria;
the old prophet, whereby his end was answered in being buried with him, ( 1 Kings 13:31 1 Kings 13:32 ) .

Kings II 23:18 In-Context

16 And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem in the gate: and they took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord.

17 And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, that I should drink of the blood of the men who went at their lives: and he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

18 And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among three.

19 Of those three most honourable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached not to the three.

20 And Banaeas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in deeds, from Cabeseel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.