Meaning
Joab H3097
1. Son of David's sister
- General references
1Ch 2:16
- Commander of David's army
2Sa 8:16; 2Sa 20:23; 1Ch 11:6; 1Ch 18:15; 1Ch 27:34
- Dedicated spoils of his battles
1Ch 26:28
- Defeated the Jebusites
1Ch 11:6
- Defeats and slays Abner
2Sa 2:32; 2Sa 3:27; 1Ki 2:5
- Destroys all the males in Edom
1Ki 11:16; Psa 60:1
- Defeats the Ammonites
2Sa 10:14; 1Ch 19:15
- Captures Rabbah
2Sa 11:1; 2Sa 11:25; 2Sa 12:29; 1Ch 20:2
- Procures the return of Absalom to Jerusalem
2Sa 14:24
- Barley field of, burned by Absalom
2Sa 14:33
- Pursues and kills Absalom
2Sa 18
- Censures David for lamenting the death of Absalom
2Sa 19:8
- Replaced by Amasa as commander of David's army
2Sa 17:25; 2Sa 19:13
- Kills Amasa
2Sa 20:13; 1Ki 2:5
- Causes Sheba to be put to death
2Sa 20:22
- Opposes the numbering of the people
2Sa 24:3; 1Ch 21:3
Numbers the people
2Sa 24:9; 1Ch 21:5; 1Ch 27:24
- Supports Adonijah as successor to David
1Ki 1:7; 1Ki 2:28
- Slain by Benaiah, under Solomon's order
1Ki 2:34
2. A grandson of Kenaz
1Ch 4:14
3. An Israelite (or the name of two Israelites) whose descendants returned from Babylon to Jerusalem
Ezr 2:6; Ezr 8:9; Neh 7:11
4. »House of Joab,« probably identical with Joab, 1 above
1Ch 2:54