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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 26:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 26:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Then answered [06030] David [01732] and said [0559] to Ahimelech [0288] the Hittite [02850], and to Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], brother [0251] to Joab [03097], saying [0559], Who will go down [03381] with me to Saul [07586] to the camp [04264]? And Abishai [052] said [0559], I will go down [03381] with thee. |
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King James |
Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Ahimelech the Hittite - Only mentioned here. Uriah was also a Hittite.
Abishai - He was son of Zeruiah, David's sister, but probably about the same age as David. He because very famous as a warrior Sa2 23:18, but was implicated with his brother Joab in the murder of Abner in retaliation for the death of their brother Asahel Sa2 3:30. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Zerujah - David's sister. His father is not named either because he was now dead; or because he was an obscure person. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Abishai the son of Zeruiah - She was David's sister; and therefore Abishai and Joab were nephews to David. |
30 So Joab [03097] and Abishai [052] his brother [0251] slew [02026] Abner [074], because he had slain [04191] their brother [0251] Asahel [06214] at Gibeon [01391] in the battle [04421].
18 And Abishai [052], the brother [0251] of Joab [03097], the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], was chief [07218] among three [07992]. And he lifted up [05782] his spear [02595] against three [07969] hundred [03967], and slew [02491] them, and had the name [08034] among three [07969].