[Solomon said,] "Strike him [Joab] down and bury him, and so clear me and my father’s house of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed." — 1 Kings 2:31 Joab did much good for Israel. He was one of the best military commanders Israel ever had. Again and again, he led his troops to victory and was used by God to transform a small struggling nation into the dominant power in the region. Yet all his good could not erase his core corruption — he was a man of reckless violence who put to death at least two…
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