18:12 Abishai son of Zeruiah 1 killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three 2 elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear 3 and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. 4
1 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:13 attributes this victory to David.
2 tc The Syriac reads “thirty” here and at the beginning of v. 21; this reading is followed by some English translations (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).
3 tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”
4 tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”