2 Samuel 20:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ And they went and besieged him in Aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And they came and besieged Sheba in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the men with Joab battered and undermined the wall to make it fall.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Then Joab’s men arrived and attacked Sheba at Abel of Beth-maacah. They piled up a ramp against the city, and it stood against the outer wall. All of Joab’s troops were hammering the wall, trying to bring it down.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And so, they went and besieged him at Abel and Bethmaacah. And they surrounded the city with siege works, and the city was blockaded. Then the entire crowd who were with Joab strove to destroy the walls.

2 Samuel 20:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:14

And he passed over through all the tribes of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 15:20

And Ben-Haḏ

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Peqaḥ

2 Kings 19:32

“Therefore thus said יהוה  concerning the sovereign of Ashshur, ‘He does not come into this city, nor does he shoot an arrow there, nor does he come before it with shield, nor does he build a siege mound against it.

Ecclesiastes 9:14

A little city, and few men in it, and a great sovereign came against it, and besieged it, and built huge siege-works against it.

Isaiah 37:33

“Therefore thus said יהוה  concerning the sovereign of Ashshur, ‘He does not come into this city, nor does he shoot an arrow there, nor does he come before it with shield, nor does he build a siege mound against it.

Jeremiah 32:24

‘See the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it. And the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and the scarcity of food and the pestilence. And what You have spoken has come about, and look, You see it!

Jeremiah 33:4

“For thus said יהוה, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 6:6

For thus said יהוה  of hosts, “Cut down her trees, and cast up a siege mound against Yerushalayim. She is the city to be punished, in whose midst there is only oppression.

Ezekiel 4:2

and shall lay siege against it, and build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering rams against it all around.

Luke 19:43

“Because days shall come upon you when your enemies shall build a rampart around you, and surround you and press you on all sides,