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Now Amasa was not on his guard against the sword that [was] in Joab's hand, and he struck him with it into the stomach, and his entrails poured out to the ground. He did not strike him again, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bicri.

Verse ConceptsAssassinations, CompletedBetrayalStomachsBowelsAnatomyIntestinesKilling Named Individuals

Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again said to Joab, "{Come what may}, please let me also run after the Cushite." Joab asked, "Why [are] you wanting to run, my son, when for you there is no {messenger's reward}?"

A young man stood over him, from the young men of Joab, and he said, "Whoever takes delight in Joab and whoever [is] for David, [follow] after Joab."

Verse ConceptsPeople Following People

And it happened [that] {in the spring time of year}, the time [when] kings go out [to battle], Joab led the troops of the army and destroyed the land of the {Ammonites}. And he came and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it.

Verse ConceptsRuinsSpringArchaeology

Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men come up and fight in our presence." And Joab said, "Let them come up."

Verse ConceptsAmusementsLeisure, And PastimesRecreationBoxing

When Joab and all the army that [was] with him came, they told Joab, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he sent him away, and he left in peace."

Verse ConceptsSoldiers

May [the blood] come down on the head of Joab and all the house of his father. {May the house of Joab never lack} [one with] a bodily discharge or [one with] leprosy or [one who] grasps the distaff or [one who] falls by the sword or [one who is] lacking food."

Verse ConceptsLeprosyBodyLackWeakness, PhysicalNo FoodDischargesWithout Strength

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

The king asked, "[Was] the hand of Joab with you in all of this?" The woman answered and said, "{As your soul lives}, my lord the king, surely [one cannot] go to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken. Yes, your servant Joab himself commanded me, and he put all of these words in the mouth of your servant.

Verse ConceptsSpokesmenTurning To Right And Left

Absalom had appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa [was] the son of a man whose name [was] Ithra the Israelite, {who had married} Abigail the daughter of Nahash the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenNamed Sisters

David sent forth a third of the troops {under the command of Joab}, and a third {under the command of Abishai}, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the remaining third {under the command of Ittai} the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, "I, even I, {will certainly go out} with you."

Verse ConceptsFractions, One ThirdFighting TogetherDividing Into Three Groups

Then Joab blew on the trumpet and the troops returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab kept back the troops.

Verse ConceptsTrumpets To Stop Fighting

Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen"; then the Cushite bowed down to Joab and ran [off].

Verse ConceptsRunning With News

Then Joab said to Amasa, "Is it peace, O you my brother?" Then the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amasa [as if] to kiss him.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingConfidence BetrayedBeardsHealthKissesSalutationsFacial Hair

The woman went to all of the people with her wise plan, so they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bicri and threw [it] to Joab. Then he blew the horn and dispersed from the city, each to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetBeheadingTrumpets To Stop FightingGroups going home

But the word of the king prevailed over Joab and over the commanders of the army, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out from before the king to count the people of Israel.

Verse ConceptsStubbornnessSelf WillCensus

When the message came to Joab (now Joab {had supported} Adonijah but {had not supported} Absalom), he fled to the tent of Yahweh and grasped the horns of the altar.

Verse ConceptsHornsConspiracy

But Joab said, "May Yahweh add to the people a hundred times what they are! Are they not, O my lord the king, all of them the king's servants? Why does my lord seek this? Why would he bring guilt to Israel?"

Verse ConceptsGod Multipling People

And after Ahithophel [came] Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar. And Joab [was] the commander of the king's army.

Joab said to him, "You [will] not [be] a man {bringing} good news this day! You may bring good news on another day, but today you will not be bringing good news because the king's son is dead."

Then Joab came to the king's house and said, "Today you have humiliated the faces of all of your servants who have saved your life this day, and the life of your sons and your daughters, the life of your wives, and the life of your concubines,

Verse ConceptsConcubinesIndividuals Saving Others

Then David said, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites first will be chief and commander." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first and became chief.

Verse ConceptsCommander

And he built the city all around from the Millo and up to the circuit. And Joab restored the remainder of the city.

Verse ConceptsBuildingZion, As A Place

And their sisters [were] Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Ataroth-Beth-Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

And Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-Harashim, because they [were] craftsmen.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmencraftsmanship

And Joab son of Zeruiah [was] over the army, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [was] recorder.

Verse ConceptsScribesRecorders

And when David heard, he sent Joab and the entire army of mighty warriors.

When Joab saw that [there was] {a battle line} against him at the front and the back, he chose from among the chosen [men] in Israel and arranged [them] to meet Aram.

And Joab and the people who [were] with him drew near before Aram for battle, and they fled before him.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fled

And when the {Ammonites} saw that Aram had fled, they also fled before Abishai his brother, and they came to the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fled

So David said to Joab and to the commanders of the nation, "Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan and bring a report to me that I might know their number."

Verse ConceptsCounting Soldiers

But the word of the king prevailed over Joab. Then he went about through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

And Joab gave the number of the enrollment of the people to David. And it happened [that] all Israel [was] one million one hundred thousand men drawing a sword, and in Judah [were] four hundred and seventy thousand men drawing a sword.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelThree To Nine Hundred ThousandA Million And More

But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the word of the king was repulsive to Joab.

Verse ConceptsCensus

Now Abishai the brother of Joab was himself the head of the three. And he roused himself with his spear against three hundred [whom he] killed and [made] a name for himself among the three.

Verse ConceptsThirtyThree To Four Hundred

Now the mighty warriors of the troops [were] Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the bearer of the weapons of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated--all the dedicated gifts [were] under the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

Verse ConceptsSeers

The fourth, for the fourth month, [was] Asahel the brother of Joab and his son Zebadiah after him. And [he was] over his working group [of] twenty-four thousand.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but he did not finish. But wrath came upon Israel concerning this, and the number was not included in {the chronicles} of King David.

Verse ConceptsCensusBooks, Not Preserved

From the descendants of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

Verse ConceptsTwo Hundred And SomeNumbers Of Males

the descendants of Pahath-moab, [particularly] the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

Verse ConceptsTwo Thousand

The descendants of Pahath-Moab, of the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Verse ConceptsTwo Thousand

David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah the brother of Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul, in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you."

Then Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out, and they met at the pool of Gibeon. The one group sat on one side of the pool, and the other sat on the other side.

Verse ConceptsPoolsOpposite Sides

The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel [was] swift with his feet as one of the gazelles which [is] in the open field.

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenFast RunnersDeer Etc.Deer

So Abner said to Asahel {once again}, "{For your own sake}, turn aside {from following me}. Why should I strike you down to the ground? How could I {show my face} to Joab your brother?"

So Joab and Abishai pursued Abner {when} the sun went down. And they came to the hill [country] of Ammah, which [is] {before Giah} [on] the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

Then Abner called to Joab and said, "Will [the] sword devour forever? Do you not know that [there] will be bitterness in the end? {How long} will you not tell the people to turn {away from pursuing} their brothers?"

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleEternal Judgement

Joab said, "{As God lives}, for if you had not spoken, the people would surely have gone up in the morning, each [one of them] {from following after} his brother."

Then Joab blew on the trumpet and all the people stopped, and they no longer pursued after Israel, and they did not fight with them again.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetCessationStopping FightingTrumpets To Stop Fighting

After Joab returned from [pursuing] Abner, he gathered all the people; nineteen of the servants of David [were] missing [along] with Asahel.

Verse ConceptsNineteen

Then they picked up Asahel and buried him in the grave of his father, which [was at] Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all that night {[arriving] in Hebron at first light}.

Verse ConceptsDawnTombsWalking All NightAnother's Burial Place

And look, the servants of David and Joab came from the raid, and they brought much plunder with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for he had dismissed him, and he had gone in peace.

Verse ConceptsSpoils Of War

Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Abner came here to you? Why have you dismissed him that he {actually went away}?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?

Then Joab went out from David, and he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from Bor Hasirah, but David did not know [it].

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutIgnorant Of Facts

So Joab and Abishai, his brother, killed Abner because he had killed Asahel, their brother, at Gibeon in the battle.

Verse ConceptsWhy People Did ThingsKilling Named Individuals

David said to Joab and to all the people who [were] with him, "Tear your clothing and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." Now King David [was] following after the bier.

Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] secretary.

Verse ConceptsScribesRecorders

When David heard, he sent Joab and all the army of mighty warriors.

Verse ConceptsWarriorsEarthly Armies

When Joab saw that {the battle was to be fought on two fronts}, he chose from all [the] members of the elite troops of Israel and {lined them up for battle} to meet Aram.

Verse ConceptsFront And BackSpiritual Warfarereinforcement

Joab and all the people who [were] with him moved forward into the battle against Aram, and they fled from before him.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fled

When the {Ammonites} saw that Aram had fled, they fled from before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from [fighting] against the {Ammonites} and came to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesPeoples Who Fled

{It came about in the spring}, at the time {kings} go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him and all of Israel. They ravaged all of the {Ammonites} and besieged Rabbah, but David [was] remaining in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfSpringSiegesNature Of KingsReady For WarThe Nations Attackedspringtime

Uriah came to him, and David asked {how Joab and the army fared and how the war was going}.

Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah [are] living in the booths; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord [are] camping on the surface of the open field; and I, shall I go to my house to eat and to drink and to sleep with my wife? [By] your life and the life of your soul, I surely will not do this thing."

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsOne FleshTribes Of IsraelAbsence Of SexThe Ark Moved Around

And it happened in the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, and he sent it by the hand of Uriah.

Verse ConceptsWriting

{When Joab was besieging} the city, he put Uriah toward the place which he knew {there were valiant warriors}.

Verse ConceptsMan Appointing

The men of the city came out and fought with Joab. Some from the army from the servants of David fell; Uriah the Hittite also died.

Verse ConceptsKilling Named Individuals

Joab sent and told David all of the news of the battle.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Happenings

Then the messenger left, and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him [to say].

Verse ConceptsMessengerBeauty, In Women

Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall say to Joab, '{Do not feel badly about this matter}; {now one and then another} the sword will devour. Intensify your attack on the city and overthrow it.'" And he encouraged him.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofResigned To DeathEncourage Others!

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the {Ammonites}, and he captured {the royal city}.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsCapturing Cities

Then Joab sent messengers to David and said, "We have fought against Rabbah, and we captured the city of the waters.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

Joab the son of Zeruiah realized that the mind of the king [was] on Absalom.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingHuman AffectionHeart, Human

So Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman, and he said to her, "Please pretend to mourn and put on garments of mourning. You should not anoint yourself [with] oil, and you must act like this woman who has been mourning over the dead for {a long time}.

Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilBereavement, Expression OfMourningOintmentUnhappinessAnointing OneselfPretendingDistinctive Clothing

Then you must go to the king and speak to him according to this word." [Thus] Joab put the words in her mouth.

Verse ConceptsSpokesmen

In order {to change the situation}, your servant Joab did this thing. But my lord [has] wisdom, as the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that [is] on the earth."

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human NatureWisdom, Human ImportanceThe Angel Of GodLike Angels

Then the king said to Joab, "Look, please, I will grant this thing. Go and bring back the young man Absalom."

Verse ConceptsReinstating People

Joab fell with his face to the ground and did obeisance. And he blessed the king, and he said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, [in] that the king has granted the request of his servant."

Verse ConceptsBowing Before David

Then Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

So Absalom sent for Joab, [in order that he] send him to the king, but he was not willing to go to him. He sent again a second [time], but he [was] not willing to go.

Verse ConceptsImpatienceOthers Summoning

So he said to his servants, "Look at the tract of land of Joab {next to mine}, for he has barley plants there. Go, set it ablaze with fire." So the servants of Absalom set the tract of land ablaze with fire.

Verse ConceptsGrainArsonBurning Plants

Then Joab got up and went to Absalom, to the house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my tract of land ablaze with fire?"

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?

Absalom said to Joab, "Look, I have sent to 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 if I [were] still there." ' So then, let me see the face of the king; if there [is] guilt in me, then let him kill me."

Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingOthers SummoningApproval To Kill Oneself

So Joab went to the king and he told him. Then he summoned Absalom, and he came to the king, and he bowed down to him with his face to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed Absalom.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingReinstatementKissesBowing Before DavidKings Summoning

The king ordered Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, "With respect to the young man Absalom, [deal] gently for me." And all the troops heard when the king ordered all of the commanders concerning the matter of Absalom.

Verse ConceptsParental LoveSoft TreatmentThe King's Orders

When a certain man saw [it], he told Joab, and he said, "Look, I saw Absalom hanging in the oak tree!"

Verse ConceptsTelling Of People's Situations

Then Joab said to the man who [was] telling him, "Look, [if] you saw, why did you not strike him down to the ground there? {I would have gladly given you} ten pieces of silver and a leather belt."

Verse ConceptsArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionPeople Giving Clothes

The man said to Joab, "{Even if I felt the weight} of a thousand pieces of silver in my palms, I would not have sent my hand against the son of the king, for in our ears the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, 'Whoever you may be, protect the young man Absalom.'

Verse ConceptsFraudCoinageThe King's Orders

Joab said, "No longer will I wait in your presence." Then he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he [was] still alive in the oak tree.

Verse ConceptsAssassinations, CompletedHeart, HumanSpearsPiercingsThree Other Things

Then ten of the young men who bore the weapons of Joab surrounded [him] and struck and killed Absalom.

Verse ConceptsTen People

The king said, "[Is] it peace for the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz said, "I saw the great commotion when Joab the servant of the king sent your servant, but I do not know what [it was all about]."

Verse ConceptsConfusionCareServanthood, In Society

And it was told to Joab that the king [was] weeping and he mourned over Absalom,

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessTelling Of People's SituationsMourning The Death Of Others

To Amasa you shall say: '[Are] you not my bones and my flesh? {May God punish me} if you [are] not the commander of my army before me forever, in place of Joab.'"

Verse ConceptsTreasonExchanging Of LeadersSame Bone And Flesh

Then the men of Joab, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty warriors went out after him; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba the son of Bicri.

They [were] near the big rock that [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa came before them. Joab {was dressed in his military clothing}, [with] a utility belt on him and a sword strapped to his waist in its scabbard. Now he went out, and it fell out.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionBronze Armour

After he was removed from the highway, all the men passed by after Joab to pursue after Sheba the son of Bicri.