H3097G–יוֹאָב–yo.av

Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, Who will go down with me to the tents of Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.

יוֹאָב֙ yo.'Av “Joab”

And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and came face to face with them by the pool of Gibeon; and they took up their position, facing one another on opposite sides of the pool.

וְיוֹאָ֨ב (יוֹאָ֨ב) yo.'Av “Joab”

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.

יוֹאָ֔ב yo.'Av “Joab”יוֹאָ֖ב yo.'Av “Joab”

There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.

יוֹאָ֥ב yo.'Av “Joab”

Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.

יוֹאָ֖ב yo.'Av “Joab”

But Joab and Abishai went after Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is to the east of the road through the waste land of Geba.

יוֹאָ֥ב yo.'Av “Joab”

Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

יוֹאָ֗ב yo.'Av “Joab”

And Joab said, By the living God, if you had not given the word, the people would have gone on attacking their countrymen till the morning.

יוֹאָ֔ב yo.'Av “Joab”

So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.

יוֹאָב֙ yo.'Av “Joab”

And Joab came back from fighting Abner: and when he had got all his men together, it was seen that nineteen of David's men, in addition to Asahel, were not with them.

וְיוֹאָ֗ב (יוֹאָ֗ב) yo.'Av “Joab”

And they took Asahel's body and put it in the last resting-place of his father in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men, travelling all night, came to Hebron at dawn.

יוֹאָב֙ yo.'Av “Joab”

Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.

וְיוֹאָב֙ (יוֹאָב֙) yo.'Av “Joab”

When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.

וְיוֹאָ֛ב (יוֹאָ֛ב) yo.'Av “Joab”לְיוֹאָב֙ (יוֹאָב֙) yo.'Av “Joab”

Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

יוֹאָב֙ yo.'Av “Joab”

And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

יוֹאָב֙ yo.'Av “Joab”

And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

יוֹאָב֙ yo.'Av “Joab”

May it come on the head of Joab and all his father's family: among the men of Joab's family may there ever be some who are diseased or lepers, or who do the work of women, or are put to the sword, or are wasted from need of food!

יוֹאָ֔ב yo.'Av “Joab”יוֹאָ֡ב yo.'Av “Joab”

So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.

וְיוֹאָב֙ (יוֹאָב֙) yo.'Av “Joab”

And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

יוֹאָ֜ב yo.'Av “Joab”

And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

וְיוֹאָ֥ב (יוֹאָ֥ב) yo.'Av “Joab”

And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

יוֹאָ֔ב yo.'Av “Joab”

Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

יוֹאָ֗ב yo.'Av “Joab”

Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

יוֹאָ֗ב yo.'Av “Joab”

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

יוֹאָ֗ב yo.'Av “Joab”

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jer

יוֹאָב֩ yo.'Av “Joab”