Quotes about Joab
Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
— 2 Samuel 14:30
Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
— 2 Samuel 14:31
So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
— 2 Samuel 14:33
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.
— 2 Samuel 17:25
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.
— 2 Samuel 18:5
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
— 2 Samuel 18:10
“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!”
— 2 Samuel 18:11
Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
— 2 Samuel 18:16
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.”
— 2 Samuel 18:20
So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
— 2 Samuel 18:21
“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
— 2 Samuel 18:23
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.”
— 2 Samuel 18:29