Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Joab was the ancestor of a family that returned to Judah from Babylonian exile.
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Joab is mentioned in Ezr.2.6 and Neh.7.11 as the ancestor of a family that returned to Judah from Babylonian exile. The descendants of Joab are listed among the returnees who settled in Jerusalem and the surrounding towns. The count of Joab's descendants varies slightly between the two passages, with Ezra recording 2,812 and Nehemiah listing 2,818.
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2 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H3097
the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;
the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;
Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.