Occurrences
Yôwʼâb occurs 144 times in 123 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (84), 1 Kings (13), 1 Chronicles (22), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (1)
- 1 Samuel 26:6 — Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab (יוֹאָב֙), saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
- 2 Samuel 2:13 — And Joab (וְיוֹאָ֨ב) the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
- 2 Samuel 2:14 — And Abner said to Joab (יוֹאָ֔ב), Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
- 2 Samuel 2:14 — And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab (יוֹאָ֖ב) said, Let them arise.
- 2 Samuel 2:18 — And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab (יוֹאָ֥ב), and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
- 2 Samuel 2:22 — And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab (יוֹאָ֖ב) thy brother?
- 2 Samuel 2:24 — Joab (יוֹאָ֥ב) also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
- 2 Samuel 2:26 — Then Abner called to Joab (יוֹאָ֗ב), and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
- 2 Samuel 2:27 — And Joab (יוֹאָ֔ב) said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
- 2 Samuel 2:28 — So Joab (יוֹאָב֙) blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
- 2 Samuel 2:30 — And Joab (וְיוֹאָ֗ב) returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 2:32 — And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab (יוֹאָב֙) and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
- 2 Samuel 3:22 — And, behold, the servants of David and Joab (וְיוֹאָב֙) came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:23 — When Joab (וְיוֹאָ֛ב) and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:23 — When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab (לְיוֹאָב֙), saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:24 — Then Joab (יוֹאָב֙) came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
- 2 Samuel 3:26 — And when Joab (יוֹאָב֙) was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
- 2 Samuel 3:27 — And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab (יוֹאָב֙) took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2 Samuel 3:29 — Let it rest on the head of Joab (יוֹאָ֔ב), and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
- 2 Samuel 3:29 — Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab (יוֹאָ֡ב) one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
- 2 Samuel 3:30 — So Joab (וְיוֹאָב֙) and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
- 2 Samuel 3:31 — And David said to Joab (יוֹאָ֜ב), and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
- 2 Samuel 8:16 — And Joab (וְיוֹאָ֥ב) the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
- 2 Samuel 10:7 — And when David heard of it, he sent Joab (יוֹאָ֔ב), and all the host of the mighty men.
- 2 Samuel 10:9 — When Joab (יוֹאָ֗ב) saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
- 2 Samuel 10:13 — And Joab (יוֹאָ֗ב) drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
- 2 Samuel 10:14 — And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab (יוֹאָ֗ב) returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 11:1 — And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab (יוֹאָב֩), and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 11:6 — And David sent to Joab (יוֹאָ֔ב), saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
- 2 Samuel 11:6 — And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab (יוֹאָ֛ב) sent Uriah to David.
- 2 Samuel 11:7 — And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab (יוֹאָב֙) did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
- 2 Samuel 11:11 — And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab (יוֹאָ֜ב), and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
- 2 Samuel 11:14 — And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab (יוֹאָ֑ב), and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- 2 Samuel 11:16 — And it came to pass, when Joab (יוֹאָ֖ב) observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
- 2 Samuel 11:17 — And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab (יוֹאָ֔ב): and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
- 2 Samuel 11:18 — Then Joab (יוֹאָ֑ב) sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
- 2 Samuel 11:22 — So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab (יוֹאָֽב) had sent him for.
- 2 Samuel 11:25 — Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab (יוֹאָב֙), Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
- 2 Samuel 12:26 — And Joab (יוֹאָ֔ב) fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- 2 Samuel 12:27 — And Joab (יוֹאָ֛ב) sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
- 2 Samuel 14:1 — Now Joab (יוֹאָ֣ב) the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 14:2 — And Joab (יוֹאָב֙) sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
- 2 Samuel 14:3 — And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab (יוֹאָ֛ב) put the words in her mouth.
- 2 Samuel 14:19 — And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab (יוֹאָ֛ב) with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
- 2 Samuel 14:19 — And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab (יוֹאָב֙), he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
- 2 Samuel 14:20 — To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab (יוֹאָ֖ב) done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
- 2 Samuel 14:21 — And the king said unto Joab (יוֹאָ֔ב), Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
- 2 Samuel 14:22 — And Joab (יוֹאָ֨ב) fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
- 2 Samuel 14:22 — And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab (יוֹאָ֡ב) said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
- 2 Samuel 14:23 — So Joab (יוֹאָ֖ב) arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.