2 Samuel 20:15

Bible › 2 Samuel › Chapter 20 › Verse 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.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,

In other translations

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.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,

Hebrew words

וַיָּבֹאוּvaiyavo'uand they cameH935וַיָּצֻרוּvaiyatzuruand they laid siegeH6696עָלָיו'alavon himH5921בְּאָבֵלָהbe'avelahin Abel <towards>H62בֵּיתbeitBethH62הַמַּעֲכָהhama'akhah<the> MaacahH62וַיִּשְׁפְּכוּvaiyishpekhuand they poured outH8210סֹלְלָהsolelaha moundH5550אֶל־'el-againstH413הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892וַתַּעֲמֹדvata'amodand it stoodH5975בַּחֵלbachelby the rampartH2426וְכָל־vekholand allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834אֶת־'et-[was] withH854יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097מַשְׁחִיתִםmashchitim[were] about to destroyH7843לְהַפִּילlehapilto make fallH5307הַחוֹמָה׃hachomahthe wallH2346

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: Joab

Places: Abel-beth-maacah

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