1 Chronicles 2:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab, son of Zeruiah, knew how the king felt toward Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:25

Absalom had put Amasa in command of the army in Joab’s place. Amasa was the son of an Ishmaelite named Ithra, who had married Abigail, daughter of Jesse and sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.

2 Samuel 19:22

But Abishai, son of Zeruiah, countered: “Shimei must be put to death for this. He cursed the anointed of the Lord.”

2 Samuel 2:13

Joab, son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David also set out and encountered them at the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, one group on one side of the pool and the other on the opposite side.

2 Samuel 3:39

Although I am the anointed king, I am weak this day, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too ruthless for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer in accordance with his evil deed.”

1 Chronicles 11:20

Abishai, the brother of Joab, was the chief of the Thirty; he brandished his spear over three hundred, whom he had slain. He made a name beside the Three,

1 Chronicles 2:15

Ozem, the sixth, and David, the seventh.

1 Chronicles 2:17

Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

1 Samuel 26:6

David asked Ahimelech the Hittite, and Abishai, son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, “Who will go down into the camp with me to Saul?” Abishai replied, “I will.”