the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

Meshelemiah had sons and relatives who were respected – eighteen in all.

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

From the half tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to come and make David king.

The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight.