1 Chronicles 11:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

David said, ‘Whoever is the first to kill a Jebusite will become chief commander.’ Joab  son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became the chief.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:16

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

2 Samuel 20:23

Joab commanded the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the city gate, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel,  Joab’s brother.

2 Samuel 2:18

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.  Asahel was a fast runner, like one of the wild gazelles.

1 Samuel 17:25

Previously, an Israelite man had declared, ‘Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter.  The king will also make the family of that man’s father exempt from paying taxes in Israel.’

2 Samuel 2:13

So Joab son of Zeruiah and David’s soldiers marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon.  The two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

1 Kings 1:7

He conspired  with Joab son of Zeruiah  and with the priest Abiathar.  They supported  Adonijah,

1 Chronicles 11:5

The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, ‘You will never get in here.’ Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.

1 Chronicles 11:7

Then David took up residence in the stronghold; therefore, it was called the city of David.

1 Chronicles 18:15

Joab  son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

1 Chronicles 27:34

After Ahithophel came Jehoiada son of Benaiah,  then Abiathar.  Joab was the commander of the king’s army.