Joab

1. Joab
Meaning: Jehovah [is his] father
This was the name of 4 biblical men.
1st mentioned Name (Father, Mother )
1Sa 26:6 Joab (, Zeruiah)
Captain of the host of David ( 2Sam 8:16 ). Also see 1Chr 27:34; Psalm 60:Title.
1Ch 4:14 Joab ( Seraiah , )
"the father of the valley of Charashim"
Ezr 2:6 Joab ( Pahathmoab , )
His descendants were inhabitants of Jerusalem after the exile. See Neh 7:11
Ezr 8:9 Joab ( , )
His descendants returned to Jerusalem from Babylon with Ezra.
Joab is one of the three sons of Zeruiah, David's sister, and “captain
of the host” during the whole of David's reign
1Chr 2:13-16 13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab
the second, and Shimma the third,
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, andAbigail. And the sons of Zeruiah;
Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
His father's name is not mentioned, although his sepulcher at
Bethlehem is (2 Sam. 2:32).

2. 1. Caution Not Conviction
Joab takes over when he knowsit’s safe
1Sam 26:6 Then answeredDavid and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to
Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with
me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
2Sam 23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief
among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew
them, and had the name among three.
2Sam 23:23-24 23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he
attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of
Dodo of Bethlehem,
CautionNot Conviction
2. Perceived Problem with Leadership
David flirts with disaster
2Sam 10:1-8 1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the
children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash,
as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him
by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into
the landof the children of Ammon.
3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord,
Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent
comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto
thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of
their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their
buttocks, and sent them away.

3. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men
were greatlyashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards
be grown, and then return.
6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the
children of Ammon sent and hiredthe Syrians of Bethrehob, and the
Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousandfootmen, and of king Maacah a thousand
men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty
men.
8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in arrayat the
enteringin of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob,
and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
2Sam 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time
when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with
him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and
besieged Rabbah. But David tarriedstill at Jerusalem.
2Sam 12:26-28 26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of
Ammon, and took the royal city.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against
Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp
againstthe city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my
name.
CautionNot Conviction
PerceivedProblemwithLeadership

4. 3. Envy turns to Evil
Youngpunk syndrome
2Sam 18:10-14 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said,
Behold, I saw Absalom hangedin an oak.
11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest
him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would
have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against
the king's son: for in our hearingthe king chargedthee and Abishai and
Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
13 Otherwise I shouldhave wrought falsehoodagainstmine own life: for
there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldesthave set
thyself against me.
14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts
in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was
yet alive in the midst of the oak.
CautionNot Conviction
PerceivedProblemwithLeadership
Envy turns to Evil
4. Blinded by Bitterness
Joab has become accustom to subtle rebellion
2Sam 19:10-13 10 And Absalom, whom we anointedover us, is dead in
battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringingthe king back?
11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak
unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bringthe king back
to his house? seeingthe speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his
house.

5. 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are
ye the last to bring back the king?
13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God
do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me
continually in the room of Joab.
Joab never learned to respect the office
1Sam 24:10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the
LORD had deliveredthee to day into mine hand in the cave: and
some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will
not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S
anointed.
2Sam 20:9-10 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my
brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beardwith the right hand to kiss
him.
10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he
smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the
ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his
brother pursuedafter Sheba the son of Bichri.
CautionNot Conviction
PerceivedProblemwithLeadership
Envy turns to Evil
Blindedby Bitterness
5. Allegiance to the loser
The rebel in retirementsupportsonein his prime
1Kgs 1:5-8 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I
will be king: and he preparedhim chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to
run before him.

6. 6 And his father had not displeasedhim at any time in saying, Why hast
thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare
him after Absalom.
7 And he conferredwith Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the
priest: and they followingAdonijah helped him.
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the
prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to
David, were not with Adonijah.
1Kgs 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance,
and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and
Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
CautionNot Conviction
PerceivedProblemwithLeadership
Envy turns to Evil
Blindedby Bitterness
Allegiance tothe loser
6. Convenient convert
Old soldersdon’tfade away they die by the sword
1Kgs 2:5-6 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah
did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto
Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew,
and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
6 Do therefore accordingto thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go
down to the grave in peace.
1Kgs 2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turnedafter Adonijah,
though he turnednot after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle
of the LORD, and caughthold on the horns of the altar.

7. 1Kgs 2:29-31 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto
the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon
sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go,fall upon him.
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him,
Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And
Benaiah broughtthe king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he
answeredme.
31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and
bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocentblood,which Joab
shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
1Kgs 2:32-33 32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head,
who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew
them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner
the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of
Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the
head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his
house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
CautionNot Conviction
Perceived ProblemwithLeadership
Envy turns to Evil
Blindedby Bitterness
Allegiance tothe loser
Convenient convert
7. Solomon seduced by the same sin in sheep’s clothing
Joab/David’sfight wasphysical; Solomon’sfight was spiritual
1Kgs 11:1-3 1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together
with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites,
Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

8. 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of
Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for
surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave
unto these in love.
3 And he had seven hundredwives, princesses, and three hundred
concubines:and his wives turned away his heart.
1Kgs 11:9-10 9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his
heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appearedunto
him twice,
10 And had commandedhim concerningthis thing, that he should not go
after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
1Kgs 11:14 And the LORD stirredup an adversaryunto Solomon, Hadad
the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
CautionNot Conviction
PerceivedProblemwithLeadership
Envy turns to Evil
Blindedby Bitterness
Allegiance tothe loser
Convenient convert
Solomon seducedby the same sinin sheep’s clothing
8. Joab by another name is evidence of Evil you’ve refused to
eliminate
1Kgs 11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his
fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to
Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
There is alwaysa Joab ready to replacethe one you destroy if God doesn’t
have your heart.