Verse 15
2 Samuel 20:15
Literal Standard Version
15
and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mound against the city, and it stands in a trench, and all the people who are are with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ וַ/יָּצֻ֣רוּ עָלָ֗י/ו בְּ/אָבֵ֨לָ/ה֙ בֵּ֣ית הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה וַ/יִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ סֹֽלְלָה֙ אֶל הָ/עִ֔יר וַֽ/תַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּ/חֵ֑ל וְ/כָל הָ/עָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶת יוֹאָ֔ב מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ם לְ/הַפִּ֥יל הַ/חוֹמָֽה
English Translation
And they came and besieged me at Abel of Beth Maacah, and they poured a siege ramp against the city, and it stood in the stronghold, and all the people who were with Joab were destroying to throw down the wall.
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Chapter 20 Context
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and Amasa goes to call Judah, and tarries beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;
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And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men,...
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they are near the great stone that is in Gibeon, and Amasa has gone before them, and Joab is girded;...
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and Amasa has not been watchful of the sword that is in the hand of Joab, and he strikes him with it...
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And a man has stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and says, “He who has delight in Joab, and he...
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12
And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man sees that all the pe...
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13
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14
And he passes over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Ber...
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15
and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mound against the c...
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And he comes near to her, and the woman says, “Are you Joab?” And he says, “I am.” And she says to h...
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And Joab answers and says, “Far be it—far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.
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And the woman comes to all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichr...
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and Sheva is scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar are priests,
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and also, Ira the Jairite has been minister to David.
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