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2 Samuel 20:15

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, 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.

KJV

Venerunt itaque, et oppugnabant eum in Abela et in Bethmaacha, et circumdederunt munitionibus civitatem, et obsessa est urbs : omnis autem turba quæ erat cum Joab, moliebatur destruere muros.

Vulgate

καὶ παρεγενήθησαν καὶ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐν Ἀβὲλ τὴν Βαιθμαχά, καὶ ἐξέχεαν πρόσχωμα πρὸς τὴν πόλιν καὶ ἔστη ἐν τῷ προτειχίσματι· καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετὰ Ἰωὰβ ἐνοοῦσαν καταβαλεῖν τὸ τεῖχος·

LXX

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.

ASV

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

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AbelJoab
Places Abel-beth-maachah

In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אָבֵ֣ל
'bl
proper_noun · 4×
בֵ֥ית
byt
proper_noun · 4×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
חֵ֣יל
chyl
noun · 18×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
יָּ֥צַר
ytsr
verb · 36×
יוֹאָ֔ב
yv'b
proper_noun · 145×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
סֹלְלָֽה
sllh
noun · 11×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 19:32 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
  • 2Kgs 19:32 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
  • Jer 32:24 — Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: