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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 18:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 18:12 |
King James |
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Abishai
Nephew of David, brother to Joab. (Sa2 23:18); (Ch1 2:16). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Abishai - slew of the Edomites - This victory is attributed to David, Sa2 8:13. He sent Abishai against them, and he defeated them: this is with great propriety attributed to David as commander-in-chief; qui facit per alterum, facit per se. |
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.