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2 Samuel 3:30
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2 Samuel 3:30
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30 (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
2 Samuel 3:30
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2 Samuel 3:30
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30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother (A)Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
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2 Samuel 10:7
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2 Samuel 10:7
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7 On hearing this, David sent Joab(A) out with the entire army of fighting men.
2 Samuel 10:7
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2 Samuel 10:7
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7 Now when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of (A)the mighty men.
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2 Samuel 11:1
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2 Samuel 11:1
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David and Bathsheba
11 In the spring,(A) at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab(B) out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army.(C) They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.(D) But David remained in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 11:1
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2 Samuel 11:1
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David, Bathsheba, and Uriah
11 It happened in the spring of the year, at the (A)time when kings go out to battle, that (B)David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged (C)Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 14:1
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2 Samuel 14:1
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Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
14 Joab(A) son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.
2 Samuel 14:1
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2 Samuel 14:1
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Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
14 So Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was concerned (A)about Absalom.
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2 Samuel 18:14
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2 Samuel 18:14
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14 Joab(A) said, “I’m not going to wait like this for you.” So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom’s heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree.
2 Samuel 18:14
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2 Samuel 18:14
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14 Then Joab said, “I cannot linger with you.” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart, while he was still alive in the midst of the terebinth tree.
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2 Samuel 20:8
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2 Samuel 20:8
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8 While they were at the great rock in Gibeon,(A) Amasa came to meet them. Joab(B) was wearing his military tunic, and strapped over it at his waist was a belt with a dagger in its sheath. As he stepped forward, it dropped out of its sheath.
2 Samuel 20:8
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2 Samuel 20:8
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8 When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. Now Joab was dressed in battle armor; on it was a belt with a sword fastened in its sheath at his hips; and as he was going forward, it fell out.
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2 Samuel 24:3
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2 Samuel 24:3
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3 But Joab(A) replied to the king, “May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times over,(B) and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
2 Samuel 24:3
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2 Samuel 24:3
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3 And Joab said to the king, “Now may the Lord your God (A)add to the people a hundred times more than there are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?”
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1 Kings 1:7
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1 Kings 1:7
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7 Adonijah conferred with Joab(A) son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar(B) the priest, and they gave him their support.
1 Kings 1:7
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1 Kings 1:7
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7 Then he conferred with (A)Joab the son of Zeruiah and with (B)Abiathar the priest, and (C)they followed and helped Adonijah.
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1 Kings 2:5
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1 Kings 2:5
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5 “Now you yourself know what Joab(A) son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner(B) son of Ner and Amasa(C) son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
1 Kings 2:5
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1 Kings 2:5
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5 “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah (A)did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to (B)Abner the son of Ner and (C)Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.
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1 Kings 2:34
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1 Kings 2:34
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34 So Benaiah(A) son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab(B) and killed him, and he was buried at his home out in the country.
1 Kings 2:34
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1 Kings 2:34
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34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
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