Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'joab' occurs 145 times in the standard works.

98 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'joab' in the standard works and contain 67.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 44 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

2 Sam. 20:7-23 (18 in 17 verses)

2 Sam. 3:22-31 (10 in 10 verses)

2 Sam. 18:14-22 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Sam. 14:19-23 (7 in 5 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:28-33 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Chr. 21:2-6 (6 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 14:29-33 (5 in 5 verses)

2 Sam. 24:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 2:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 11:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 2:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 11:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 14:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 18:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 17:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 20:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 12:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)


1 Chr. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

 19:15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 145 0 145
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 101 0 101
1 Kgs. 15 0 15
1 Chr. 25 0 25
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 145 0 145

1 Chr. 2:16
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

1 Chr. 2:54
The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

1 Chr. 4:14
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

1 Chr. 11:6
And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

1 Chr. 11:8
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

1 Chr. 11:20
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

1 Chr. 11:26
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

1 Chr. 11:39
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

1 Chr. 18:15
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.

1 Chr. 19:8
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

1 Chr. 19:10
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

1 Chr. 19:14
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

1 Chr. 19:15
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 20:1
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

1 Chr. 21:2
And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

1 Chr. 21:3
And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

1 Chr. 21:4
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 21:5
And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

1 Chr. 21:6
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

1 Chr. 26:28
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.

1 Chr. 27:7
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:24
Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

1 Chr. 27:34
And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.