2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 2:14; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Samuel 2:24; 2 Samuel 2:26; 2 Samuel 2:27; 2 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 2:32; 2 Samuel 3:22; 2 Samuel 3:23; 2 Samuel 3:24; 2 Samuel 3:26; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 3:29; 2 Samuel 3:30; 2 Samuel 3:31; 2 Samuel 8:16; 2 Samuel 10:7; 2 Samuel 10:9; 2 Samuel 10:13; 2 Samuel 10:14; 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 11:6; 2 Samuel 11:7; 2 Samuel 11:11; 2 Samuel 11:14; 2 Samuel 11:16; 2 Samuel 11:17; 2 Samuel 11:18; 2 Samuel 11:22; 2 Samuel 11:25; 2 Samuel 12:26; 2 Samuel 12:27; 2 Samuel 14:1; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 14:3; 2 Samuel 14:19; 2 Samuel 14:20; 2 Samuel 14:21; 2 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 14:23; 2 Samuel 14:29; 2 Samuel 14:30; 2 Samuel 14:31; 2 Samuel 14:32; 2 Samuel 14:33; 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 18:10; 2 Samuel 18:11; 2 Samuel 18:12; 2 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 18:15; 2 Samuel 18:16; 2 Samuel 18:20; 2 Samuel 18:21; 2 Samuel 18:22; 2 Samuel 18:29; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:5; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 20:7; 2 Samuel 20:8; 2 Samuel 20:9; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 20:11; 2 Samuel 20:13; 2 Samuel 20:15; 2 Samuel 20:16; 2 Samuel 20:17; 2 Samuel 20:20; 2 Samuel 20:21; 2 Samuel 20:22; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 23:18; 2 Samuel 23:24; 2 Samuel 23:37; 2 Samuel 24:2; 2 Samuel 24:3; 2 Samuel 24:4; 2 Samuel 24:9

2 Samuel 2:13

13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.

2 Samuel 2:14

14 Then Abner said to Joab, "Now let the young men arise and hold a contest before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise."

2 Samuel 2:18

18 Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.

2 Samuel 2:22

22 Abner repeated again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?"

2 Samuel 2:24

24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and when the sun was going down, they came to the hill of Ammah, which is in front of Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:26

26 Then Abner called to Joab and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?"

2 Samuel 2:27

27 Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have gone away in the morning, each from following his brother."

2 Samuel 2:28

28 So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people halted and pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore.

2 Samuel 2:30

30 Then Joab returned from following Abner; when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David's servants besides Asahel were missing.

2 Samuel 2:32

32 And they took up Asahel and buried him in his father's tomb which was in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men went all night until the day dawned at Hebron.

2 Samuel 3:22

22 And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a raid and brought much spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

2 Samuel 3:23

23 When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, they told Joab, saying, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace."

2 Samuel 3:24

24 Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why then have you sent him away and he is already gone?

2 Samuel 3:26

26 When Joab came out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

2 Samuel 3:27

27 So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother.

2 Samuel 3:29

29 "May it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father's house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who takes hold of a distaff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread."

2 Samuel 3:30

30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

2 Samuel 3:31

31 Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner." And King David walked behind the bier.

2 Samuel 8:16

16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.

2 Samuel 10:7

7 When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men.

2 Samuel 10:9

9 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him in front and in the rear, he selected from all the choice men of Israel, and arrayed them against the Arameans.

2 Samuel 10:13

13 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.

2 Samuel 10:14

14 When the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled, they also fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 11:1

1 Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 11:6

6 Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

2 Samuel 11:7

7 When Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war.

2 Samuel 11:11

11 Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing."

2 Samuel 11:14

14 Now in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

2 Samuel 11:16

16 So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.

2 Samuel 11:17

17 The men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David's servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.

2 Samuel 11:18

18 Then Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war.

2 Samuel 11:22

22 So the messenger departed and came and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell.

2 Samuel 11:25

25 Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall say to Joab, 'Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and overthrow it'; and so encourage him."

2 Samuel 12:26

26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city.

2 Samuel 12:27

27 Joab sent messengers to David and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

2 Samuel 14:1

1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was inclined toward Absalom.

2 Samuel 14:2

2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;

2 Samuel 14:3

3 then go to the king and speak to him in this manner." So Joab put the words in her mouth.

2 Samuel 14:19

19 So the king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" And the woman replied, "As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant;

2 Samuel 14:20

20 in order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is in the earth."

2 Samuel 14:21

21 Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I will surely do this thing; go therefore, bring back the young man Absalom."

2 Samuel 14:22

22 Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord , the king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant."

2 Samuel 14:23

23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:29

29 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. So he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

2 Samuel 14:30

30 Therefore he said to his servants, "See, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

2 Samuel 14:31

31 Then Joab arose, came to Absalom at his house and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"

2 Samuel 14:32

32 Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent for you, saying, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me still to be there."' Now therefore, let me see the king's face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him put me to death."

2 Samuel 14:33

33 So when Joab came to the king and told him, he called for Absalom. Thus he came to the king and prostrated himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:25

25 Absalom set Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

2 Samuel 18:2

2 David sent the people out, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, "I myself will surely go out with you also."

2 Samuel 18:5

5 The king charged Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the people heard when the king charged all the commanders concerning Absalom.

2 Samuel 18:10

10 When a certain man saw it, he told Joab and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."

2 Samuel 18:11

11 Then Joab said to the man who had told him, "Now behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt."

2 Samuel 18:12

12 The man said to Joab, "Even if I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Protect for me the young man Absalom!'

2 Samuel 18:14

14 Then Joab said, "I will not waste time here with you." So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

2 Samuel 18:15

15 And ten young men who carried Joab's armor gathered around and struck Absalom and killed him.

2 Samuel 18:16

16 Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.

2 Samuel 18:20

20 But Joab said to him, "You are not the man to carry news this day, but you shall carry news another day; however, you shall carry no news today because the king's son is dead."

2 Samuel 18:21

21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." So the Cushite bowed to Joab and ran.

2 Samuel 18:22

22 Now Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said once more to Joab, "But whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite." And Joab said, "Why would you run, my son, since you will have no reward for going?"

2 Samuel 18:29

29 The king said, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant, and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what it was."

2 Samuel 19:1

1 Then it was told Joab, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom."

2 Samuel 19:5

5 Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, "Today you have covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who today have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

2 Samuel 19:13

13 "Say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and more also, if you will not be commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab.' "

2 Samuel 20:7

7 So Joab's men went out after him, along with the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the mighty men; and they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:8

8 When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was dressed in his military attire , and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened at his waist; and as he went forward, it fell out.

2 Samuel 20:9

9 Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

2 Samuel 20:10

10 But Amasa was not on guard against the sword which was in Joab's hand so he struck him in the belly with it and poured out his inward parts on the ground, and did not strike him again, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:11

11 Now there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, "Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab."

2 Samuel 20:13

13 As soon as he was removed from the highway, all the men passed on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:15

15 They came and besieged him in Abel Beth-maacah, and they cast up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood by the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab were wreaking destruction in order to topple the wall.

2 Samuel 20:16

16 Then a wise woman called from the city, "Hear, hear! Please tell Joab, 'Come here that I may speak with you.' "

2 Samuel 20:17

17 So he approached her, and the woman said, "Are you Joab?" And he answered, "I am." Then she said to him, "Listen to the words of your maidservant." And he answered, "I am listening."

2 Samuel 20:20

20 Joab replied, "Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy!

2 Samuel 20:21

21 "Such is not the case. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against King David. Only hand him over, and I will depart from the city." And the woman said to Joab, "Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall."

2 Samuel 20:22

22 Then the woman wisely came to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, each to his tent. Joab also returned to the king at Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:23

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

2 Samuel 23:18

18 Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name as well as the three.

2 Samuel 23:24

24 Asahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

2 Samuel 23:37

37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

2 Samuel 24:2

2 The king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, "Go about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and register the people, that I may know the number of the people."

2 Samuel 24:3

3 But Joab said to the king, "Now may the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?"

2 Samuel 24:4

4 Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to register the people of Israel.

2 Samuel 24:9

9 And Joab gave the number of the registration of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.