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Zeruiah, daughter of Nahash

The name Zeruiah means “pain or tribulation of the Lord.” Zeruiah is mentioned in 25 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Samuel 26:6.

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Who was Zeruiah?

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 closest companionship with him.

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Zeruiah

  • 1 Samuel 26:6

    Then answered David 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.

  • 2 Samuel 2:18

    And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

  • 2 Samuel 16:10

    And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

  • 2 Samuel 23:37

    Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

  • 1 Kings 2:5

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:39

    Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

All 25 verses mentioning Zeruiah