Family of David

son of Obed, belonging to the tribe of Judah; father of David

thumb|right|Death of Absalom, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Joab is depicted directly to the left of Absalom. Joab (; ), the son of Zeruiah, was the nephew of King David and the commander of his army according to the Hebrew Bible.

Biblical figure

thumb|right|Woodcut of Abner killing Asahel, by Johann Christoph Weigel, 1695 Asahel (, , Latin Asael) was a military leader under King David and the youngest son of David's sister Zeruiah. Asahel thus was the nephew of David and the younger brother of David's general, Joab. Asahel is mentioned in 2 Samuel chapters 2 and 3.

thumb|right|180px|Woodcut by Johann Christoph Weigel depicting the death of Amasa, 1695. Amasa (עמשא) or Amessai is a person mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. His mother was Abigail (), a sister of King David (). Hence, Amasa was a nephew of David, and cousin of Joab, David's military commander, as well as a cousin of Absalom, David's son. David calls him "my bone and my flesh" (). Amasa's father was Jether (, ) who was also called Ithra (). Jether had dual-nationality, being an Ishmaelite and Israelite, although it might be a case of an assimilated Ishmaelite living in Israel.

Nitzevet bat Adael ( Nīṣṣeḇeṯ baṯ ʿAḏʾēl lit. Nitzevet daughter of Adael) is, according to Hanan bar Rava, the mother of David. According to the Bible, her husband, Jesse, had at least nine children: David, Eliab, Abinadab, Shimma, Nethaneel, Raddai, Ozem, Zeruiah, and Abigail.

thumb|Zeruiah and her three sons depicted in Nuremberg Chronicles of Hartmann Schedel Zeruiah ( sometimes transliterated Tzruya or Zeruya) was a sister of King David. According to both the Hebrew Bible and the Babylonian Talmud, Zeruiah was a daughter of Jesse and sister of Abigail, to whom reference is made in 1 Chronicles () and 2 Samuel (). Zeruiah had three sons, Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, David's nephews, all of whom were soldiers in David's army.

Eliab, also spelled Eliaab, is a male name, held by three people in the Hebrew Bible, respectively the sons of Helon, Pallu, and, most significantly, Jesse.

thumb|Jonadab (right) with Amnon in a [[woodcut by Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540.]] Jonadab is a figure in the Hebrew Bible, appearing in 2 Samuel 13. He is described in verse 3 as the son of Shimeah, who was the brother of David, making Jonadab a cousin to Amnon as well as his friend. He is called "very wise" (''ḥākām mĕ'ōd''), usually translated as "very shrewd" (NIV) or "very crafty" (ESV).