Abishai

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(əbĭsh`āī, ăb`ĭshī), in the Bible, nephew of David.

saves David from death by Benob. [O.T.: II Samuel 21:17]

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I wouldn't hev a match that belonged to Abishai aboard.

Thus we read: When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they fled also before Abishai his brother and went [to] the city.

When Abishai, the brother of Joab, wanted to kill him, David prevented him and noted that Yahweh had instructed Shimei to curse him (2 Sam 16:5-13).

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