Tanach
Shmuel II 23:18-19 שמואל ב כ״ג:י״ח-י״ט
Part of: Chapter 23
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וַאֲבִישַׁי אֲחִי ׀ יוֹאָב בֶּן־צְרוּיָה הוּא רֹאשׁ (השלשי) [הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה] וְהוּא עוֹרֵר אֶת־חֲנִיתוֹ עַל־שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת חָלָל וְלוֹ־שֵׁם בַּשְּׁלֹשָֽׁה׃
And Avishai, the brother of Yoav, the son of Tsruyoh was the leader of the three. He swung his spear and killed three hundred men. His name was best known of the three.
And Avishai, the brother of Yoav, the son of Tsruyoh was the leader of the three. He swung his spear and killed three hundred men. His name was best known of the three.
מִן־הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה הֲכִי נִכְבָּד וַיְהִי לָהֶם לְשָׂר וְעַד־הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה לֹא־בָֽא׃ {ס}
Of the three, he was most honored and was their leader but he did not reach [the status] of the first three.
Of the three, he was most honored and was their leader but he did not reach [the status] of the first three.
Rashi
ועד השלשה לא בא. (תרגום:) ולתלת גברין לא מטא:
He did not reach the status of the first three. [Yonoson translates:] He did not reach [the status] of the [first] three men.20i.e. Adino the Etzonite, Elozor, the son of Dodo and Shamoh, the son of Ogaih from the mountain who were enumerated earlier in verses 8, 9 and 11 respectively.