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Three of the thirty; either,
1. The three already named, as is generally supposed, because it is said of them, in the close of this history, 1Ch_11:19, These things did these three mightiest. But in the Hebrew it is only these three mighty men, as the same words are rendered here, 2Sa_23:17. Or rather,
2. The following
three; for it is expressly said, both here, 2Sa_23:18, and 1Ch_11:20, that
Abishai was chief, and therefore one of the three; and this three are plainly distinguished from the first three, 2Sa_23:19 1Ch_11:25.
Unto the cave of Adullam; which was a strong place, where David had been before, 1Sa_22:1, &c., and where he had now again fortified himself in the beginning of his reign, when the Philistines were too strong for him.
In the valley of Rephaim; of which see above, @2Sa_5:18.