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.
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab s
Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intest
The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against
Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the peopl
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them thr
Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in
But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know it.
For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cov
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who h
So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
Then Joab went into the house and said to the king, “Today you have disgraced all your servants who have saved your life
Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blu
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down tw