1 Samuel 26:6

Abishai Ahimelech David Joab Saul Zeruiah

⁴ David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.

⁵ Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

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.

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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!”

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”
ASV: 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.
DARBY: And David spake and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
BLB: And David answered and spoke to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

ÅB: Da tok David til orde og sa til Akimelek, hetitten, og til Abisai, Serujas sønn, Joabs bror: Hvem vil gå med meg ned til Saul i leiren? Abisai svarte: Jeg vil gå med deg ned.
OTB: David talte til Ahimelek hetitten og til Abisjai, sønn av Seruja, Joabs bror, og spurte, “Hvem vil følge meg ned til Saul i leiren?” Og Abisjai svarte, “Jeg vil gå ned med deg.”
B1930: Da tok David til orde og sa til Akimelek, hetitten, og til Abisai, Serujas sønn, Joabs bror: Hvem vil gå med mig ned til Saul i leiren? Abisai svarte: Jeg vil gå med dig ned.

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Cross references

Judges 7:10–11
But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah
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2 Samuel 2:18
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
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2 Samuel 11:21
Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
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2 Samuel 11:24
Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
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2 Samuel 18:5
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.
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2 Samuel 23:39
and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
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Genesis 10:15
And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
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2 Samuel 23:18
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.
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