Joab
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day,
but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou
shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead....
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And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.
And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an
hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four
hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword....
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And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand
of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of
Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of
Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will
surely go forth with you myself also....
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Joab (Hebrew: יוֹאָב, Modern Yo'av Tiberian Yôʼāḇ ; "Yahweh is
father") was the nephew of King David, the son of Zeruiah in
the Bible. He was made the captain of David's army (2 Samuel
8:16; 20:23; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 18:15; 27:34). He had two
brothers, Abishai and Asahel. Asahel was killed by Abner,
for which Joab took revenge by murdering Abn...
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jo'-ab (yo'-abh, "Yahweh is father"; Ioab):
(1) Son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was "captain of the
host" (compare 2 Sam 19:13) under David.
1. Joab and Abner:
(a) Joab is first introduced in the narrative of the war
with Abner, who supported the claims of Ishbosheth to the
throne against those of David (2 Sam 2:8 through 3:1). The
two armie...
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-1. Son of David's sister
1Ch 2:16
Commander of David's army
2Sa 8:16; 20:23; 1Ch 11:6; 18:15; 27:34
Dedicated the plunder of his battles
1Ch 26:28
Defeated the Jebusites
1Ch 11:6
Defeats and kills Abner
2Sa 2:13-32; 3:27; 1Ki 2:5
Destroys all the males in Edom
1Ki 11:16
(See title)
Ps 60
Defeats the Ammonites
2Sa 10:7-14; 1Ch 19:6-1...
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(whose father is Jehovah), the most remarkable of the three
nephews of David, the children of Zeruiah, David's sister.
(B.C. 1053-1012.) Joab first appears after David's accession
to the throne at Hebron. Abner slew in battle Asahel, the
youngest brother of Joab; and when David afterward received
Abner into favor, Joab treacherously murdered h...
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Jehovah is his father. (1.) One of the three sons of
Zeruiah,
David's sister, and "captain of the host" during the
whole of
David's reign (2 Sam. 2:13; 10:7; 11:1; 1 Kings
11:15). His
father's name is nowhere mentioned, although his
sepulchre at
Bethlehem is mentioned (2 Sam. 2:32). His two
brothers were
Abishai and Asahel, the swift of f...
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