was. came to be (as in Genesis 1:2),
the three: i.e. who performed the foregoing act.
had. Some codices, with five early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "he had".
Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 11:20
1 Chronicles 11:20
20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.