People of the Bible

Zeruiah

Family

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 25 verses

1 Samuel: 26:6
2 Samuel: 2:13, 2:18, 3:39, 8:16, 14:1, 16:9, 16:10, 17:25, 18:2, 19:21, 19:22, 21:17, 23:18, 23:37
1 Kings: 1:7, 2:5, 2:22
1 Chronicles: 2:16, 11:6, 11:39, 18:12, 18:15, 26:28, 27:24

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.