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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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Israel
- Mother
- Zeruiah
- Sibling
- Asahel
- Occupation
- military leader
- Employer
- Adonijah
- Languages spoken
- Biblical Hebrew
- Religion
- Yahwism
- Participant in
- deliberate murder
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Joab slays Amasa.jpg
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- present in work
- Psalms
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- יואב
- ethnic group
- Israelites
- date of death
- 0970-00-00
- date of birth
- 1100-00-00
- manner of death
- homicide
- cause of death
- deliberate murder
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- Joab
- allegiance
- Kingdom of Israel
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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".
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