{"query": "Easton: Joab", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_6abad17329c2", "title": "Easton: Joab", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah is his father. (1.) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign (2 Sam. 2:13; 10:7; 11:1; 1 Kings 11:15). His father’s name is"}, {"id": "card_c_m_0bd5ef8484a5", "title": "Easton: Joab shares a section with Easton: Italy", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Joab shares a section with Easton: Italy."}, {"id": "card_c_m_da0a51b63cf0", "title": "Easton: Joab shares a section with Easton: Lord’s Prayer", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Joab shares a section with Easton: Lord’s Prayer."}, {"id": "card_n_5a332e9890ce", "title": "Easton: Numbering of the people", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Besides the numbering of the tribes mentioned in the history of the wanderings in the wilderness, we have an account of a general census of the whole nation from Dan to Beersheba, which David gave dir"}, {"id": "card_n_987b5db0037c", "title": "Easton: Tekoa, Tekoah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pitching of tents; fastening down, a town of Judah, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem, and visible from the city. From this place Joab procured a “wise woman,” who pretended to be in great affliction,"}, {"id": "card_n_d876e22fdff8", "title": "Easton: Abner", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Father of light; i.e., “enlightening”, the son of Ner and uncle of Saul. He was commander-in-chief of Saul’s army (1 Sam. 14:50; 17:55; 20:25). He first introduced David to the court of Saul after the"}, {"id": "card_n_0e26c67f02b1", "title": "Easton: Rabbah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Or Rab’bath, great. (1.) “Rabbath of the children of Ammon,” the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which united"}, {"id": "card_n_1aec4792227b", "title": "Easton: Zeruiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Stricken of the Lord, David’s sister, and the mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel (1 Chr. 2:16), who were the three leading heroes of David’s army, and being his nephews, they were admitted to the clo"}, {"id": "card_n_2fa6b68505c0", "title": "Easton: Ataroth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Crowns. (1.) A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (Num. 32:3). (2.) A town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2, 7), called also Ataroth-adar (16:5). Now ed-Da’rieh. (3.) “Ataroth, "}, {"id": "card_n_0d88f59ce097", "title": "Easton: Cushite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) The messenger sent by Joab to David to announce his victory over Absalom (2 Sam. 18:32). (2.) The father of Shelemiah (Jer. 36:14). (3.) Son of Gedaliah, and father of the prophet Zephaniah (1:1)"}, {"id": "card_n_d3ef0bd91763", "title": "Easton: Amasa", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Burden. (1.) The son of Abigail, a sister of king David (1 Chr. 2:17; 2 Sam. 17:25). He was appointed by David to command the army in room of his cousin Joab (2 Sam. 19:13), who afterwards treacherous"}, {"id": "card_n_54701340dfa0", "title": "Easton: Ittai", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Near; timely; or, with the Lord. (1.) A Benjamite, one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:29). (2.) A native of Gath, a Philistine, who had apparently the command of the six hundred heroes who formed"}, {"id": "card_n_77803c8078b4", "title": "Easton: Hanun", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Graciously given. (1.) The son and successor of Nahash, king of Moab. David’s messengers, sent on an embassy of condolence to him to Rabbah Ammon, his capital, were so grossly insulted that he proclai"}, {"id": "card_c_2efc6005587d", "title": "Easton: Jether ↔ Easton: Joab", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both cite 1kin 2:5 — a shared-scripture cross-reference computed in 1.0 and re-verified live in both cards."}, {"id": "card_c_8b9bc9fad5a4", "title": "Easton: Joab ↔ Easton: Jeshua", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both cite ezr 2:6 — a shared-scripture cross-reference computed in 1.0 and re-verified live in both cards."}, {"id": "card_n_4d74026b1147", "title": "Easton: Zebadiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Gift of Jehovah. (1.) A son of Asahel, Joab’s brother (1 Chr. 27:7). (2.) A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:7, 8). "}, {"id": "card_n_53076c089a29", "title": "Easton: Asahel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Made by God, the youngest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. He was celebrated for his swiftness of foot. When fighting against Ish-bosheth at Gibeon, in the army of his brother Joab, he was put to death"}, {"id": "card_n_9b678e3d05ef", "title": "Easton: Salt, Valley of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A place where it is said David smote the Syrians (2 Sam. 8:13). This valley (the’ Arabah) is between Judah and Edom on the south of the Dead Sea. Hence some interpreters would insert the words, “and h"}, {"id": "card_n_a7c3c41d811c", "title": "Easton: Abel-beth-maachah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Meadow of the house of Maachah, a city in the north of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of Dan and Ijon, in the tribe of Naphtali. It was a place of considerable strength and importance. It is called a"}, {"id": "card_n_ca2aede43330", "title": "Easton: Medeba", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Waters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town (Num. 21:30). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:16). Here was fought the great battle in which Joab defeated the Ammonites and their allies (1 C"}]}