1 Chronicles 11:20

11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three ¹  elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear ²  and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. ³ 

1 Chronicles 18:12

18:12 Abishai son of Zeruiah ⁴  killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

[11:20]  ¹ 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).

[11:20]  ² tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”

[11:20]  ³ tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”

[18:12]  ⁴ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:13 attributes this victory to David.