14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and [a]Beth Maachah and all places of Berim: and they gathered together, and went also after him.

15 So they came, and besieged him in Abel, near to Beth Maachah, and they cast up a mount against the city, and the people thereof stood on the rampart, and all the people that was with Joab, [b]destroyed and cast down the wall.

16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear, I pray you, say unto Joab, Come thou hither, that I may speak with thee.

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  1. 2 Samuel 20:14 Unto the city Abel, which was near to Beth Maachah.
  2. 2 Samuel 20:15 That is, he went about to overthrow it.

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.”

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  1. 2 Samuel 20:14 See Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew Berites.