1 Chronicles 2:16

2:16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, ¹  Joab, and Asahel.

1 Chronicles 11:8

11:8 He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; ²  Joab restored the rest of the city.

1 Chronicles 18:15

18:15 Joab son of Zeruiah was commanding general of ³  the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

1 Chronicles 19:8

19:8 When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 19:14

19:14 So Joab and his men ⁵  marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

1 Chronicles 21:6

21:6 Now Joab ⁶  did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

1 Chronicles 27:34

27:34 Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.

Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.

¹ tn In 2 Sam 2:18 this name appears as “Abishai,” a spelling followed by many English versions here.

² tn Heb “to that which surrounds.” On the referent here as “the surrounding walls,” see HALOT 740 s.v. סָבִיב.

³ tn Heb “over.”

⁴ tn The words “the news” and “to meet them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

⁵ tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the proper name (“Joab”) has been substituted for the pronoun here for stylistic reasons; the proper name occurs at the end of the verse in the Hebrew text, where it has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.