אֲבִישַׁי

And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

1 Samuel 26:6

• אֲבִישַׁ֨יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai
• אֲבִישַׁ֔יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.

1 Samuel 26:7

• וַאֲבִישַׁ֥י׀vaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abishai

Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

1 Samuel 26:8

• אֲבִישַׁי֙ʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

1 Samuel 26:9

• אֲבִישַׁ֖יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,

2 Samuel 2:18

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But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:24

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(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

2 Samuel 3:30

• וַאֲבִישַׁ֣יvaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abishai

And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 10:10

• אַבְשַׁ֣יʾavshaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 10:14

• אֲבִישַׁ֔יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

2 Samuel 16:9

• אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

2 Samuel 16:11

• אֲבִישַׁי֙ʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”

2 Samuel 18:2

• אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:5

• אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’

2 Samuel 18:12

• אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

2 Samuel 19:21

• אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

2 Samuel 20:6

• אֲבִישַׁ֔יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:10

• וַאֲבִישַׁ֣יvaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abishai

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”

2 Samuel 21:17

• אֲבִישַׁ֣יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

2 Samuel 23:18

• וַאֲבִישַׁ֞יvaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abishai

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

1 Chronicles 2:16

• אַבְשַׁ֛יʾavshaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abshai

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

1 Chronicles 11:20

• וְאַבְשַׁ֣יveavshaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abishai

Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

1 Chronicles 18:12

• וְאַבְשַׁ֣יveavshaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abishai

And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.

1 Chronicles 19:11

• אַבְשַׁ֣יʾavshaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 19:15

• אַבְשַׁ֣יʾavshaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Abishai