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2 Samuel 20:14-16
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 Samuel 20:14-16
Evangelical Heritage Version
14 Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Ma’akah, and all the Berites[a] were gathered together and they followed him.
15 All the men who were with Joab besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Ma’akah. They constructed a siege ramp against the rampart of the city, and they started battering the wall to make it fall down.
16 A wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab, ‘Come here and let me speak to you.’”
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- 2 Samuel 20:14 The Hebrew reads Berites. The Greek and Latin versions read Bikrites. There is no other reference to Berites in the Bible.
2 Samuel 20:14-16
New International Version
2 Samuel 20:14-16
New International Version
14 Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maakah and through the entire region of the Bikrites,[a](A) who gathered together and followed him. 15 All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maakah.(B) They built a siege ramp(C) up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down, 16 a wise woman(D) called from the city, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him.”
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 20:14 See Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew Berites.
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