And Joab's troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-Beth-Maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it, People Abel, Abiathar, Abishai, Absalom, Adoram, Ahilud, Amasa, Benaiah, Berites, Bichri, Bichrites, Cherethites, Dan, David, Gibeon, Ira, Jehoiada, Jehoshaphat, Jesse, Joab, Kerethites, Maacah, Pelethites, Sheva, ZadokPlaces Abel-beth-maacah, Gibeon, Jerusalem, Jordan RiverTopics Abel, Battering, Besieged, Beth, Bring, Built, Cast, Fortifications, Joab, Maacah, Mound, Outer, Ramp, Rampart, Sheba, Siege, Stood, WallOutline 1. By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba rebels in Israel3. David's ten concubines are put in confinement for life 4. Amasa, made captain over Judah, is slain by Joab 14. Joab pursues Sheba to Abel 16. A wise woman saves the city by Sheba's head 23. David's officers Jump to Previous Abel Bank Battered Besieged Best Beth Beth-Maacah Bethmaachah Beth-Maachah Built Cast City Destruction Earthwork Joab Jo'ab Joab's Maacah Moat Mound Order Outer Ramp Rampart Sheba Siege Stood Throw Trench WallJump to Next Abel Bank Battered Besieged Best Beth Beth-Maacah Bethmaachah Beth-Maachah Built Cast City Destruction Earthwork Joab Jo'ab Joab's Maacah Moat Mound Order Outer Ramp Rampart Sheba Siege Stood Throw Trench WallLibrary Appendix 2 Extracts from the Babylon TalmudMassecheth Berachoth, or Tractate on Benedictions [76] Mishnah--From what time is the "Shema" said in the evening? From the hour that the priests entered to eat of their therumah [77] until the end of the first night watch. [78] These are the words of Rabbi Eliezer. But the sages say: Till midnight. Rabban Gamaliel says: Until the column of the morning (the dawn) rises. It happened, that his sons came back from a banquet. They said to him: "We have not said the Shema.'" He said to them, "If the column … Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life The Sixth Commandment Samuel Parallel Verses NASB: They came and besieged him in Abel Beth-maacah, and they cast up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood by the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab were wreaking destruction in order to topple the wall.KJV: 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. Links 2 Samuel 20:15 NIV • 2 Samuel 20:15 NLT • 2 Samuel 20:15 ESV • 2 Samuel 20:15 NASB • 2 Samuel 20:15 KJVResources 2 Samuel 20:15 Bible Apps2 Samuel 20:15 Parallel 2 Samuel 20:15 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 20:15 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 20:15 French Bible 2 Samuel 20:15 German Bible 2 Samuel 20:15 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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