2 Samuel 18:2 References

2 David sent the people out, aone third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third under the command of bIttai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, "I myself will surely go out with you also."

a Judges 7:16, 1 Samuel 11:11

Judges 7

16 He divided the 300 men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.

1 Samuel 11

11 The next morning Saul put the people ain three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

Other references for 2 Samuel 18:2

b 2 Samuel 15:19-22