Joab
~1010–970 BCE, the reign of David
David's general and nephew, commander of his armies. He won the wars that built David's kingdom. He killed Abner in cold blood as blood-revenge. He killed Absalom against David's explicit orders. He killed Amasa, his replacement as general. He backed Adonijah over Solomon when David was dying, and was executed at Solomon's order on David's deathbed instructions. Too useful and too dangerous to live.
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~1010 BCE. A soldier who saw political reality clearly and acted on it. Not a villain — the man who does what kings cannot admit they need done. His loyalty was to the kingdom and to David's survival, not always to David's commands. He was finally executed for it. Speaks without self-pity, without pretense.
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