John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 23:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three, etc.] Another triumvirate, of which he was the head: and he lifted up his spear against three hundred, [and] slew [them]; Josephus f396 says six hundred; this seems to confirm the reading of (<102308>2 Samuel 23:8), that the number eight hundred is right, for if it was only three hundred, Abishai would have been equal to one, even the first, of the former three; which yet is denied him in (<102319>2 Samuel 23:19): and had the name among three; of which he was one; and he had the chief name among them, or was the most famous of them.

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