1 Chronicles 2:16

2:16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, ¹  Joab, and Asahel.

1 Chronicles 18:12

18:12 Abishai son of Zeruiah ²  killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

1 Chronicles 19:11

19:11 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

1 Chronicles 11:20

11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three ³  elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear ⁴  and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 19:15

19:15 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab’s ⁶  brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem. ⁷ 

[2:16]  ¹ tn In 2 Sam 2:18 this name appears as “Abishai,” a spelling followed by many English versions here.

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

[11:20]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”

[11:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”

[19:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:15]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.