2 Samuel 20:15 - Modern English Version

¹⁵ They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah. They constructed a siege ramp against the city, standing it against the rampart. As all of the people who were with Joab were battering the city wall in order to bring it down,

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 20:14

He passed through all of the tribes of Israel toward Abel of Beth-maacah, also passing by all of the Bichrites. Once assembled, they also came after him.

1 Kings 15:20

So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel of Beth-maacah, and all Kinnereth, along with all the land of Naphtali.

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel of Beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and then exiled them to Assyria.

2 Kings 19:32

“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He will not enter this city, shoot an arrow there, approach it with shield, or heap up a siege ramp against it.

Ecclesiastes 9:14

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

Isaiah 37:33

“Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor build a siege ramp against it.

Jeremiah 32:24

Behold, the siege ramps have come to the city to take it. And the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence, and what You have spoken has come to pass, and behold, you see it.

Jeremiah 33:4

For thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword:

Jeremiah 6:6

For thus says the Lord of Hosts: Hew down trees and build a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished. She is full of oppression in her midst.

Ezekiel 4:2

Then lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and build a mound against it; set camps and place battering rams against it all around.

Luke 19:43

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you, and press you in on every side.