Quotes about Joab
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.
— 1 Kings 11:15
Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
— 1 Kings 11:16
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.”
— 1 Kings 11:21
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.
— 1 Chronicles 4:14
Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
— 1 Chronicles 11:6
He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
— 1 Chronicles 11:8
Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
— 1 Chronicles 11:26
On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
— 1 Chronicles 19:8
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.
— 1 Chronicles 19:10
So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
— 1 Chronicles 19:14
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
— 1 Chronicles 19:15
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
— 1 Chronicles 20:1