Is not this the blood of the men, i.e. the price of their blood or lives, which they rashly exposed to manifest hazard? These things did these three mighty men; either one of these three are here omitted, as one of the first three is not named, 1Ch 11; or Abishai, who follows next, was one of these three.
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2 Samuel 23:17
17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.