1 Chronicles 11:6
David said: Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief.
2 Samuel 8:16
Joab the son of Zeruiah was the commander in chief of the army. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud kept the government records.
Joshua 15:16-17
Caleb said: I will give Achsah my daughter in marriage to the man who captures it and kills Kirjath-sepher.
1 Samuel 17:25
They said to each other: Look how he keeps coming out to insult us. The king offers a big reward to the man who kills Goliath. That man will even get to marry the king's daughter. No one in his family will ever have to pay taxes again.
2 Samuel 2:18
Zeruiah's three sons were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as fast on his feet as a wild gazelle.
2 Samuel 3:27
Abner arrived in Hebron. Joab took him aside at the gate, as though he wanted to speak privately with him. There he stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner was murdered because he had killed Joab's brother Asahel.
2 Samuel 20:23
Joab was in command of the army of Israel. Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards.