Commentary for I Chronicles 11:20
וְאַבְשַׁ֣י אֲחִֽי־יוֹאָ֗ב ה֤וּא הָיָה֙ רֹ֣אשׁ הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֔ה וְהוּא֙ עוֹרֵ֣ר אֶת־חֲנִית֔וֹ עַל־שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת חָלָ֑ל ולא־[וְלוֹ־] שֵׁ֖ם בַּשְּׁלוֹשָֽׁה׃
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.
Rashi on I Chronicles
And Abshai, the brother of Joab, was the chief of the three of those three who broke through the Philistine camp and drew the water. The reason he does not mention Joab with the chiefs of the mighty men is that it is beneath his dignity to count him with these men, because he was the general of the army, the chief of them all.
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Rashi on I Chronicles
and he had a name among the three It was reputed (lit., he had that name) that his heroism equaled all the heroic acts of them all, but it was an error.
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