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1 Chronicles 11:20

20 Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty.3 And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three.

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1 Chronicles 11:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 Abishai, the brother of Joab, was the leader of the Thirty. He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle. It was by such feats that he became as famous as the Three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another three. He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 Abishai brother of Joab was the captain of the Three. Abishai fought three hundred soldiers with his spear and killed them. He became as famous as the Three

1 Chronicles 11:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 Joab’s brother Abishai was the leader of the thirty. He used his spear to kill 300 men, but he was not one of the three,

1 Chronicles 11:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 Abishai, Joab’s brother, was the leader of the Three. He raised his spear against 300 men and killed them, gaining a reputation among the Three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Thirty. With his spear he fought against three hundred and killed them, and won a name beside the Three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 Now Abishai the brother of Joab was himself the head of the three. And he roused himself with his spear against three hundred whom he killed and made a name for himself among the three.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 Abishai was chief over the Three. He was the brother of Joab. He used his spear against 300 men. He killed all of them. So he became as famous as the Three were.

1 Chronicles 11:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 As for Abshai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the thirty, and he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them; and he had a name as well as the thirty.


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