Joab

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Son of David's sister1 Chronicles 2:16
• Commander of David's army2 Samuel 8:162 Samuel 20:231 Chronicles 11:61 Chronicles 18:151 Chronicles 27:34
• Dedicated the plunder of his battles1 Chronicles 26:28
• Defeated the Jebusites1 Chronicles 11:6
• Defeats and kills Abner2 Samuel 2:13–322 Samuel 3:271 Kings 2:5
• Destroys all the males in Edom1 Kings 11:16
• (See title)Psalms 60
• Defeats the Ammonites2 Samuel 10:7–141 Chronicles 19:6–15
• Captures Rabbah2 Samuel 11:12 Samuel 11:15–252 Samuel 12:26–291 Chronicles 20:11 Chronicles 20:2
• Procures the return of Absalom to Jerusalem2 Samuel 14:1–24
• Barley field of, burned by Absalom2 Samuel 14:29–33
• Pursues and kills Absalom2 Samuel 18

The passages, in Bible order (42)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 2 Samuel 2:13–32

   So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of David, marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two camps took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

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   “And Joab the son of Zeruiah,....

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2. 2 Samuel 3:27

   When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

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   “And when Abner was returned to Hebron,....

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3. 2 Samuel 8:16

   Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

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   “And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host,....

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4. 2 Samuel 10:7–14

   On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.

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   “And when David heard of it,.... Of the preparation made by the Ammonites to fight with him: he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men: he sent out Joab his general, and an army under his command, consisting of men of strength, valour, and courage; or all the host and the mighty men, as Kimchi and Ben Melech, the famous mighty men mentioned in 2Sa 23:8; he did not think it advisable to wait for the Ammonites, but carried the war into their own country, and, instead of suffering them to invade his dominions, he invaded theirs.

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5. 2 Samuel 11:1

   In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

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   “And it came to pass, that after the year was expired,....

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6. 2 Samuel 11:15–25

   In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:15–252 voices

   “We have taken up the task of writing an apology for the present style of the prophet David, not because he needs this gift, who has excelled in such great merits and flourished in virtues, but because many people, reading the sequence of his deeds without considering the power of the Scriptures or the hidden mysteries, wonder how such a great prophet did not avoid the contagion of adultery first and then of murder. Therefore, it was our desire to review the history itself, which seems to have been exposed to sin.

   “And he wrote in the letter, saying,....

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7. 2 Samuel 12:26–29

   Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

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   “And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon,....

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8. 2 Samuel 14:1–24

   Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.

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   “Now Joab the son of Zeruiah,.... The general of David's army: perceived that the king's heart was towards Absalom; and longed to have him returned, though he knew not how to bring it about with credit to himself, his crime being so foul, and worthy of death.

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9. 2 Samuel 14:29–33

   Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.

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   “Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king,....

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10. 2 Samuel 17:25

    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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    “And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab,....

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11. 2 Samuel 18:1

    Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

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    “And David numbered the people that were with him,.... Which Josephus says (d) were four thousand; but one would think there should be more by what follows: and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them; he divided his army into companies, which consisted some of a thousand and others of a hundred; over each of which he set captains, to lead them on, direct, and command them in battle. (d) Antiqu. l. 7. c. 10. sect. 1.

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12. 2 Samuel 19:1–8

    Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

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    “And it was told Joab,.... When returned to Mahanaim, or on his way to it; perhaps by the messengers he sent; and this report he had before he saw the king: behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom; for the death of him, instead of rejoicing at the victory obtained, and the deliverance from his enemies.

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13. 2 Samuel 19:13

    And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

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    “And say ye to Amasa,....

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14. 2 Samuel 20:8–13

    And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

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    “When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon,.... Which, according to Josephus (r), was forty furlongs, or five miles from Jerusalem: what this great stone was, whether an obelisk, or what, is not certain; one of the greatest stones we read of was that which Semiramis cut out of the mountains of Armenia, which was an hundred thirty feet long, and twenty five broad and thick (s).

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15. 2 Samuel 20:16–22

    a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”

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    “Then cried a wise woman out of the city,....

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16. 2 Samuel 20:23

    Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

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    “Now Joab was over all the host of Israel,....

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