1 Chronicles 11:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

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  • 2 Sam 8:16 : 16 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;
  • 2 Sam 20:23 : 23 Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
  • Josh 15:16-17 : 16 And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it. 17 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it: so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.
  • 1 Sam 17:25 : 25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.
  • 2 Sam 2:18 : 18 There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 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.

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  • 1 Chr 11:4-5
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    79%

    4Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.

    5And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

  • 2 Sam 5:6-8
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    76%

    6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the people of the land: and they said to David, You will not come in here, but the blind and the feeble-footed will keep you out; for they said, David will not be able to come in here.

    7But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

    8And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
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    7And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • 1 Chr 11:20-21
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    20And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.

    21Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.

  • 1 Chr 18:15
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    15And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
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    34After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

  • 2 Sam 11:16
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    16So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.

  • 1 Chr 11:10-11
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    70%

    10Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.

    11This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
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    11And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!

  • 2 Sam 8:16
    69%

    16And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
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    69%

    14So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

    15And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 12:9
    69%

    9Ezer their chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

  • 2 Sam 2:1
    69%

    1Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
    69%

    15And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

  • 2 Sam 20:23
    68%

    23Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

  • 1 Sam 26:6
    68%

    6Then 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.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
    68%

    4But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 13:1
    68%

    1Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.

  • 2 Sam 12:26-29
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    68%

    26Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

    27And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.

    28So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.

    29Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.

  • 2 Sam 18:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

    2And David sent the people out, a third of them under the orders of Joab, and a third under the orders of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, And I myself will certainly go out with you.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
    68%

    13Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

  • 1 Chr 12:3
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    3Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;

  • 2 Sam 3:30
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    30So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.

  • Judg 1:1
    68%

    1Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    68%

    7And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

  • 2 Sam 23:18
    68%

    18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty.

  • 2 Sam 5:2
    68%

    2In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

  • 1 Sam 17:20
    67%

    20And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    67%

    18Then Joab sent David news of everything which had taken place in the war:

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
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    15And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

  • 2 Sam 11:25
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    25Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
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    8And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

  • 2 Sam 11:6
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    6And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

  • 2 Sam 20:7
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    7So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
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    1Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 5:20
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    20And David went to Baal-perazim, and overcame them there; and he said, The Lord has let the forces fighting against me be broken before me as a wall is broken by rushing waters. So that place was named Baal-perazim.

  • 1 Chr 11:2
    67%

    2In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
    67%

    32And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    66%

    1Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.