2 Samuel 20:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel of Beth-maacah. They built a siege ramp  against the outer wall of the city. While all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to make it collapse,

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ And they came, and besieged him in Abela and in Bethmaacha, and they cast up works round the city, and the city was besieged. And all the people that were with Joab laboured to throw down the walls.

2 Samuel 20:15 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 20:14

Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah. All the Berites  came together and followed him.

1 Kings 15:20

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon,  Dan,  Abel-beth-maacah,  all Chinnereth,  and the whole land of Naphtali.

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser  of Assyria came and captured Ijon,  Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee #– #all the land of Naphtali   #– #and deported the people to Assyria.

2 Kings 19:32

Therefore, this is what the  Lord says about the king of Assyria: He will not enter this city, shoot an arrow here, come before it with a shield, or build up a siege ramp against it.

Ecclesiastes 9:14

There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.

Isaiah 37:33

‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: He will not enter this city, shoot an arrow here, come before it with a shield, or build up a siege ramp against it.

Jeremiah 32:24

Look! Siege ramps  have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you have spoken has happened. Look, you can see it!

Jeremiah 33:4

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and the palaces of Judah’s kings, the ones torn down for defence against the assault ramps and the sword:

Jeremiah 6:6

For this is what the Lord of Armies says: Cut down the trees; raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished. There is nothing but oppression within her.

Ezekiel 4:2

Then lay siege against it:  Construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides.

Luke 19:43

For the days will come on you   when your enemies will build a barricade round you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.