Joab was useful to David, and kept the king’s hands clean in public. Joab next appears in the story of David’s adultery with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, whom David had managed to impregnate ...

The story of King David and his son Absalom in the 11th through the 19th chapters of the Book of Second Samuel is one of a family gone tragically wrong. ... David had asked his general, Joab, ...

Joab has gotten tied up in the power struggles between King David’s sons, supporting Adonijah over the eventual victor, Solomon. If that’s not enough, earlier Joab killed another of David’s sons, ...

Archaeologists and historians reveal that the fortress itself remained impenetrable for 800 years, until King David and his general Joab managed to capture it from the Jebusites – an offshoot ...

King David’s rise to power cost one woman everything. ... Abner agreed, however, he was eventually killed by David’s commander, Joab, who thought Abner was a spy.