יוֹאָב

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Hebrew H3097 Personal name, masculine 145 occurrences in 124 verses
יוֹאָב Joab

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.26.6; his mother was Zeruiah (H6870);

brother of: Abishai (H0052) and Asahel (H6214)

§ Joab = "Jehovah is father"

1. son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army

2. a Judaite descendant of Kenaz

3. a post exilic family

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Concordance 124 verses

  1. 2 Samuel 18:2 יוֹאָב֙יוֹאָ֔ב

    He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”

  2. 2 Samuel 18:5 י֠וֹאָב

    Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.

  3. 2 Samuel 18:10 לְיוֹאָ֑ב

    When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

  4. 2 Samuel 18:11 יוֹאָ֗ב

    “You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”

  5. 2 Samuel 18:12 יוֹאָ֔ב

    The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’

  6. 2 Samuel 18:14 יוֹאָ֔ב

    But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

  7. 2 Samuel 18:15 יוֹאָ֑ב

    And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

  8. 2 Samuel 18:16 יוֹאָב֙יוֹאָ֖ב

    Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.

  9. 2 Samuel 18:20 יוֹאָ֗ב

    But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”

  10. 2 Samuel 18:21 יוֹאָב֙לְיוֹאָ֖ב

    So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.

  11. 2 Samuel 18:22 יוֹאָ֔ביוֹאָ֗ב

    Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “Regardless of whatever may happen, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”

  12. 2 Samuel 18:29 יוֹאָב֙

    The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”

  13. 2 Samuel 19:1 לְיוֹאָ֑ב

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

  14. 2 Samuel 19:5 יוֹאָ֛ב

    Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, of your wives, and of your concubines.

  15. 2 Samuel 19:13 יוֹאָֽב׃

    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!’”

  16. 2 Samuel 20:7 יוֹאָ֔ב

    So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.

  17. 2 Samuel 20:8 וְיוֹאָ֞ב

    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.

  18. 2 Samuel 20:9 יוֹאָב֙יוֹאָ֛ב

    “Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

  19. 2 Samuel 20:10 יוֹאָ֗בוְיוֹאָב֙

    Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

  20. 2 Samuel 20:11 יוֹאָ֑בבְּיוֹאָ֛ביוֹאָֽב׃

    One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”

  21. 2 Samuel 20:13 יוֹאָ֔ב

    As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

  22. 2 Samuel 20:15 יוֹאָ֔ב

    And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,

  23. 2 Samuel 20:16 יוֹאָ֔ב

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

  24. 2 Samuel 20:17 יוֹאָ֖ב

    When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.

  25. 2 Samuel 20:20 יוֹאָ֖ב

    “Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

  26. 2 Samuel 20:21 יוֹאָ֔ב

    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

  27. 2 Samuel 20:22 יוֹאָ֔בוְיוֹאָ֛ב

    Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

  28. 2 Samuel 20:23 וְיוֹאָ֕ב

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

  29. 2 Samuel 23:18 יוֹאָ֣ב

    Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

  30. 2 Samuel 23:24 יוֹאָ֖ב

    Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

  31. 2 Samuel 23:37 יוֹאָ֥ב

    Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

  32. 2 Samuel 24:2 יוֹאָ֣ב׀

    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

  33. 2 Samuel 24:3 יוֹאָ֜ב

    But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

  34. 2 Samuel 24:4 יוֹאָ֔ביוֹאָ֜ב

    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.

  35. 2 Samuel 24:9 יוֹאָ֛ב

    And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

  36. 1 Kings 1:7 יוֹאָ֣ב

    So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

  37. 1 Kings 1:19 וּלְיֹאָ֖ב

    And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.

  38. 1 Kings 1:41 יוֹאָב֙

    Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

  39. 1 Kings 2:5 יוֹאָ֣ב

    Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

  40. 1 Kings 2:22 וּלְיוֹאָ֖ב

    King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

  41. 1 Kings 2:28 יוֹאָ֔ביוֹאָ֗ביוֹאָב֙

    When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

  42. 1 Kings 2:29 יוֹאָב֙

    It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”

  43. 1 Kings 2:30 יוֹאָ֖ב

    And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”

  44. 1 Kings 2:31 יוֹאָ֔ב

    And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.

  45. 1 Kings 2:33 יוֹאָ֔ב

    Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”

  46. 1 Kings 11:15 יוֹאָב֙

    Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

  47. 1 Kings 11:16 יוֹאָ֖ב

    Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

  48. 1 Kings 11:21 יוֹאָ֣ב

    When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”

  49. 1 Chronicles 2:16 וְיוֹאָ֥ב

    Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

  50. 1 Chronicles 4:14 יוֹאָב֙

    Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.

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