Joab

Where the Bible names him

1. 1 Samuel 26:6

   And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

2. 2 Samuel 2:13

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

3. 2 Samuel 2:14

   Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

4. 2 Samuel 2:18

   The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,

5. 2 Samuel 2:22

   Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”

6. 2 Samuel 2:24

   But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

7. 2 Samuel 2:26

   Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

8. 2 Samuel 2:27

   “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”

9. 2 Samuel 2:28

   So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.

10. 2 Samuel 2:30

    When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,

11. 2 Samuel 2:32

    And they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

12. 2 Samuel 3:22

    Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, because David had sent him on his way in peace.

13. 2 Samuel 3:23

    When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”

14. 2 Samuel 3:24

    So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!

15. 2 Samuel 3:26

    As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.

16. 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.

17. 2 Samuel 3:29

    May it whirl over the head of Joab and over the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”

18. 2 Samuel 3:30

    (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

19. 2 Samuel 3:31

    Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

20. 2 Samuel 8:16

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

21. 2 Samuel 10:7

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

22. 2 Samuel 10:9

    When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.

23. 2 Samuel 10:13

    So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.

24. 2 Samuel 10:14

    When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

25. 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.

26. 2 Samuel 11:6

    At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

27. 2 Samuel 11:7

    When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.

28. 2 Samuel 11:11

    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

29. 2 Samuel 11:14

    The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

30. 2 Samuel 11:16

    So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.

31. 2 Samuel 11:17

    And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

32. 2 Samuel 11:18

    Joab sent to David a full account of the battle

33. 2 Samuel 11:22

    So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.

34. 2 Samuel 11:25

    Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”

35. 2 Samuel 12:26

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

36. 2 Samuel 12:27

    Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

37. 2 Samuel 14:1

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

38. 2 Samuel 14:2

    So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

39. 2 Samuel 14:3

    Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.

40. 2 Samuel 14:19

    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.