Occurrences
Tsᵉrûwyâh occurs 26 times in 25 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (14), 1 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (7)
- 1 Samuel 26:6 — Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֜ה), brother to Joab, 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 the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֜ה), 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 2:18 — And there were three sons of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֔ה) there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
- 2 Samuel 3:39 — And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֖ה) be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
- 2 Samuel 8:16 — And Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֖ה) was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
- 2 Samuel 14:1 — Now Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרֻיָ֑ה) perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 16:9 — Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָה֙) unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
- 2 Samuel 16:10 — And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah (צְרֻיָ֑ה)? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
- 2 Samuel 17:25 — And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֖ה) Joab’s mother.
- 2 Samuel 18:2 — And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָה֙), Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
- 2 Samuel 19:21 — But Abishai the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָה֙) answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?
- 2 Samuel 19:22 — And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֔ה), that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
- 2 Samuel 21:17 — But Abishai the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֔ה) succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 23:18 — And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֗ה), was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
- 2 Samuel 23:37 — Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרֻיָֽה),
- 1 Kings 1:7 — And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֔ה), and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
- 1 Kings 2:5 — Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֗ה) did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:22 — And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָֽה).
- 1 Chronicles 2:16 — Whose sisters were Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֣ה), and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
- 1 Chronicles 2:16 — Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֗ה); Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
- 1 Chronicles 11:6 — And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֖ה) went first up, and was chief.
- 1 Chronicles 11:39 — Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָֽה),
- 1 Chronicles 18:12 — Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֗ה) slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 18:15 — And Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֖ה) was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
- 1 Chronicles 26:28 — And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֑ה), had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
- 1 Chronicles 27:24 — Joab the son of Zeruiah (צְרוּיָ֜ה) began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.