Joab, jo'-ab (Heb.)–whose father Jehovah is; Jehovah is father.

a Son of Zeruiah, sister of David, and captain of David's army (II Sam. 2:18; I Kings 11:15). b There were other Israelites by this name also (I Chron. 4:14; Ezra 2:6; 8:9).

Meta. The executive power of love. The pivotal center within man that preserves the unity and integrity of soul and body–the individual will. This is the focal point around which all the forces of the organism, objective and subjective, adjust themselves.

II Samuel 18:9-15 does not say that Joab killed Absalom, but that he ran three darts through his heart. He was afterward killed by the ten young armor-bearers of Joab. The three darts represent thoughts, which may be interpreted as life, love, Truth. The armor-bearers represent the most external forces of the will. or secondary movements of the mind, which bring about destruction of temporary forms of life.