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    Zeruiah

    צְרוּיָה

    Zeruiah, David's sister, was the mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel, who were among David's mighty men and military leaders.

    verses
    25
    first named
    1 Samuel 26:6
    last named
    1 Chronicles 27:24
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Zeruiah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Zeruiah was the sister of King David and the mother of three of his most prominent military leaders: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Her sons played significant roles throughout David's reign, both in military campaigns and in political matters. Joab served as the commander of David's army, while Abishai and Asahel were also known for their bravery and skill in battle. Zeruiah's sons were fiercely loyal to David, though their actions sometimes brought them into conflict with the king. For example, Joab murdered Abner and Amasa, two of David's rivals, without the king's consent. Despite these tensions, David recognized the importance of Zeruiah's sons in establishing and maintaining his kingdom. The fact that Zeruiah is consistently mentioned as their mother highlights her significance in the family and her influence on her sons' roles in David's court.

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    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Zeruiah10 of 15 entities the graph connects to Zeruiah, in one group: kinship 10. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.DavidSibling of · 964 versesJoabMother of · 120 versesJesseChild of · 44 versesAbishaiMother of · 24 versesAsahelMother of · 14 versesShimeahSibling of · 7 versesEliabSibling of · 5 versesAbigailSibling of · 3 versesAbinadabSibling of · 3 versesElihuSibling of · 1 verseZeruiah

    The 10 best-attested of 15 are drawn. All 15 are listed below.

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    Where this happens

    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

    No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 25, across 4 books. The name is written 26 times in them.

    1. 1 Samuel1 verse

      26:6

    2. 2 Samuel14 verses

      2:132:183:398:1614:116:916:1017:2518:219:2119:2221:1723:1823:37

    3. 1 Kings3 verses

      1:72:52:22

    4. 1 Chronicles7 verses

      2:1611:611:3918:1218:1526:2827:24

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one.

    via Abinadab and Jesse, and 1 moreJesse’s presentation of Abinadab and ShimeahJesse’s presentation of Abinadab and Shimeah is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via David and Abishai, and 1 moreDavid and Troops’ sending out of TroopsDavid and Troops’ sending out of Troops is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via Abishai and JoabAbishai, Joabs Men, Cherethites, Pelethites, Mighty Men, and Joab’s pursuitAbishai, Joabs Men, Cherethites, Pelethites, Mighty Men, and Joab’s pursuit is an event attested across 4 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via David and AbishaiDavid and Abishai’s goingDavid and Abishai’s going is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via David and EliabDavid’s speakingDavid’s speaking is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via David and JoabDavid, Heads Of Families, Army Commanders, Samuel, Saul, Abner, and Joab’s dedicationDavid, Heads Of Families, Army Commanders, Samuel, Saul, Abner, and Joab’s dedication is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 5 pageable entities.via David and JoabJoab and David’s census of TroopsJoab and David’s census of Troops is an event attested across 6 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via David and JoabJoab and David’s command of IsraelJoab and David’s command of Israel is an event attested across 8 verses, connecting 8 pageable entities.via David and JoabJoab’s killing of Abner and AmasaJoab’s killing of Abner and Amasa is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.

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