יוֹאָב

yo.avJoab
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man145 occurrences7 books124 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
  • Joab: Son of Seraiah, founder of Ge-harashim
  • Joab: Son of Zeruiah, commander of David's army
  • Joab: Ancestor of a family that returned from Babylonian exile
  • Joab: A descendant of Pahath-Moab who returned with Ezra

Definition

from H3068 and H1; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites
Traditional renderings: Joab.

Glossary entries

Joab

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

145 total
  1. 2 Samuel 24:4יוֹאָ֜ב · So Joab
    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 register the troops of Israel.
  2. 2 Samuel 24:9יוֹאָ֛ב · And Joab
    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.
  3. 1 Kings 1:7יוֹאָ֣ב · Joab
    So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
  4. 1 Kings 1:19וּלְיֹאָ֖ב · and Joab
    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 has not invited your servant Solomon.
  5. 1 Kings 1:41יוֹאָב֙ · Joab
    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.
  6. 1 Kings 2:5יוֹאָ֣ב · Joab
    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.
  7. 1 Kings 2:22וּלְיוֹאָ֖ב · and for Joab
    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!”
  8. 1 Kings 2:28 (3×)יוֹאָ֔ב · Joab; יוֹאָ֗ב · [who]; יוֹאָב֙ · [he]
    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.
  9. 1 Kings 2:29יוֹאָב֙ · Joab
    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!”
  10. 1 Kings 2:30יוֹאָ֖ב · Joab
    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.”
  11. 1 Kings 2:31יוֹאָ֔ב · Joab
    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.
  12. 1 Kings 2:33יוֹאָ֔ב · of Joab
    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.”
  13. 1 Kings 11:15יוֹאָב֙ · 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.
  14. 1 Kings 11:16יוֹאָ֖ב · Joab
    Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
  15. 1 Kings 11:21יוֹאָ֣ב · Joab
    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.”
  16. 1 Chronicles 2:16וְיוֹאָ֥ב · Joab
    Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
  17. 1 Chronicles 4:14יוֹאָב֙ · Joab
    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.
  18. 1 Chronicles 11:6יוֹאָ֥ב · And Joab
    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.
  19. 1 Chronicles 11:8וְיוֹאָ֕ב · while Joab
    He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
  20. 1 Chronicles 11:20יוֹאָ֗ב · of Joab
    Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
  21. 1 Chronicles 11:26יוֹאָ֔ב · of Joab
    Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
  22. 1 Chronicles 11:39יוֹאָ֥ב · of Joab
    Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
  23. 1 Chronicles 18:15וְיוֹאָ֥ב · Joab
    Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  24. 1 Chronicles 19:8יוֹאָ֔ב · Joab
    On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
  25. 1 Chronicles 19:10יוֹאָ֗ב · When Joab
    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.
  26. 1 Chronicles 19:14יוֹאָ֜ב · So Joab
    So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
  27. 1 Chronicles 19:15יוֹאָ֖ב · So Joab
    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.
  28. 1 Chronicles 20:1 (2×)יוֹאָב֩ · Joab; יוֹאָ֛ב · And Joab
    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.
  29. 1 Chronicles 21:2יוֹאָב֙ · Joab
    So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
  30. 1 Chronicles 21:3יוֹאָ֗ב · But Joab
    But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
  31. 1 Chronicles 21:4 (2×)יוֹאָ֑ב · Joab; יוֹאָ֗ב · So Joab
    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
  32. 1 Chronicles 21:5יוֹאָ֛ב · And Joab
    And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
  33. 1 Chronicles 21:6יוֹאָֽב׃ · him
    But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
  34. 1 Chronicles 26:28וְיוֹאָ֖ב · and Joab
    Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.
  35. 1 Chronicles 27:7יוֹאָ֔ב · was Joab’s
    The fourth, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him. There were 24,000 men in his division.
  36. 1 Chronicles 27:24יוֹאָ֨ב · Joab
    Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.
  37. 1 Chronicles 27:34יוֹאָֽב׃פ · Joab
    Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah, then by Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king’s army.
  38. Ezra 2:6יוֹאָ֑ב · and Joab
    …the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;
  39. Ezra 8:9יוֹאָ֔ב · of Joab
    …from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
  40. Nehemiah 7:11וְיוֹאָ֑ב · and Joab
    …the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;
  41. Psalm 60:1יוֹאָ֗ב · and Joab
    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!