1 Chronicles 4:14

4:14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.

Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in Ge Harashim, who were craftsmen. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 11:6

11:6 ²  David said, “Whoever attacks ³  the Jebusites first will become commanding general!” ⁴  So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked ⁵  first and became commander. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 11:20

11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three ⁷  elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear ⁸  and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 19:10

19:10 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ¹⁰ 

1 Chronicles 19:15

19:15 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab’s ¹¹  brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem. ¹² 

1 Chronicles 27:7

27:7 The fourth, assigned the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah succeeded him. ¹³  His division consisted of 24,000 men.

[4:14]  ¹ tn Heb “the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.” The name “Ge Harashim” means “valley of craftsmen.”

[11:6]  ² sn Verse 6 inserts into the narrative parenthetical information about Joab’s role in the conquest of the city. Verse 7 then picks up where v. 5 left off.

[11:6]  ³ tn Or perhaps “strikes down.”

[11:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “head and officer.”

[11:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “went up.”

[11:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “head.”

[11:20]  ³ tc The Syriac reads “thirty” here and at the beginning of v. 21; this reading is followed by some English translations (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

[11:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”

[11:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”

[19:10]  ⁴ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:10 has “the Ammonites” in place of “the Arameans” here.

[19:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:15]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[27:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “[was] after him.”