When one ¹  of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.

Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.

Joab answered, “Get serious! ¹  I don’t want to swallow up or destroy anything!

Included with the thirty were the following: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem, ¹ 

For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army ¹  stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom. ² 

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

He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; ¹  Joab restored the rest of the city.

The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo, from Bethlehem, ¹ 

Joab son of Zeruiah was commanding general of ¹  the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them. ¹ 

So Joab and his men ¹  marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar. Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.

the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line ¹  of Jeshua and ²  Joab): 2,812;

from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;

the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line ¹  of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;

Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.

Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab ¹  stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s ²  intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. ³  Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told: “Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!”

But the king’s edict stood, despite the objections of ¹  Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king’s presence in order to muster the Israelite army.

Now Joab returned from chasing Abner and assembled all the people. Nineteen of David’s soldiers were missing, in addition to Asahel.