Joab
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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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.
== Name == The name Joab is, like many other Hebrew names, theophoric—derived from Yahweh (), the name of the God of Israel, and the Hebrew word "father" (). It therefore means "Yahweh [is] the Father".