2SA 20:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Yoav’s men arrived and Abel-Beyt-Maacah. They heaped a siege ramp up against the city, and also pounded the wall to try to make it collapse.

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BrLXX Καὶ παρεγενήθησαν καὶ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἐν Ἀβὲλ καὶ Φερμαχά· καὶ ἐξέχεαν πρόσχωμα πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἔστη ἐν τῷ προτειχίσματι· καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετὰ Ἰωὰβ ἐνοοῦσαν καταβαλεῖν τὸ τεῖχος.
(Kai paregenaʸthaʸsan kai epoliorkoun epʼ auton en Abel kai Fermaⱪa; kai exeⱪean prosⱪōma pros taʸn polin, kai estaʸ en tōi proteiⱪismati; kai pas ho laos ho meta Yōab enoousan katabalein to teiⱪos. )

BrTr And they came and besieged him in Abel and Phermacha: and they raised a mound against the city and it stood close to the wall; and all the people with Joab proposed to throw down the wall.

ULT And they came, and they besieged against him in Abel of Beth-Maacah. And they heaped up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood on the wall. And all the people who were with Joab were destroying in order to make the wall fall down.

UST The soldiers who were with Joab found out that Sheba had gone there, so they went there and surrounded the city. They built a dirt ramp up against the city wall. They also pounded against the wall to cause it to collapse.

BSB § 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,

OEB And they came and besieged him in Abel-beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood even with the wall; and all the people with Joab were devising how to throw down the wall.

WEBBE 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 who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So Joab’s men came and laid siege against him in Abel of Beth Maacah. They prepared a siege ramp outside the city which stood against its outer rampart. As all of Joab’s soldiers were trying to break through the wall so that it would collapse,

LSV and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mound against the city, and it stands in a trench, and all the people who are [are] with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall.

FBV Joab's army came and besieged Sheba in Abel-Beth-Maacah. They built a siege ramp against the town's outer wall. While all of Joab's army was battering the wall to knock it down,

T4T The soldiers who were with Joab found out that Sheba had gone there, so they went there and surrounded the town. They built a dirt ramp up against the town wall. They also pounded against the wall with heavy poles, to cause it to collapse.

LEB And they came and besieged him in Abel Beth Maacah. They threw up a siege ramp against the city, and they stood against the ramparts. And all the army who were with Joab were battering to cause the wall to fall.

BBE And Joab and his men got him shut up in Abel of Beth-maacah, and put up an earthwork against the town: and all Joab's men did their best to get the wall broken down.

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JPS And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the moat; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

ASV 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.

DRA And they came, and besieged him in Abela, and in Bethmaacha, and they cast up works round the city, and the city was besieged: and all the people that were with Joab, laboured to throw down the walls.

YLT and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the city, and it standeth in a trench, and all the people who are [are] with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall.

Drby And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.

RV And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mount against the city, and it stood against the rampart: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn][fn]

20.15 in the trench: or, against the outmost wall

20.15 battered: Heb. marred to throw down

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast vp a banke against the citie, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Ioab, battered the wall, to throw it downe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

20:15 Or, it stood against the outmost wall

20:15 Heb. marred to throw downe.

Bshps And they came and besieged him in Abel, neare to Bethmaacha: And they cast vp a bancke against the citie, and the people therof stoode on the ramper, and all the people that was with Ioab, thrust at the wall to ouerthrowe it.
(And they came and besieged him in Abel, near to Bethmaacha: And they cast up a bancke against the city, and the people thereof stood on the ramper, and all the people that was with Yoab, thrust at the wall to overthrowe it.)

Gnva So they came, and besieged him in Abel, neere to Bethmaachah: and they cast vp a mount against the citie, and the people thereof stood on the ramper, and al the people that was with Ioab, destroyed and cast downe the wall.
(So they came, and besieged him in Abel, near to Bethmaachah: and they cast up a mount against the city, and the people thereof stood on the ramper, and all the people that was with Yoab, destroyed and cast down the wall. )

Cvdl and came and beseged him at Abel Beth Maacha, and made a banke aboute to cite harde on ye wall. And all the people that was with Ioab, layed to their ordynaunce, and wolde haue cast downe the wall.
(and came and beseged him at Abel Beth Maacha, and made a bank about to cite hard on ye/you_all wall. And all the people that was with Yoab, laid to their ordynaunce, and would have cast down the wall.)

Wycl Therfor thei camen, and fouyten ayens hym in Habela, and in Bethmacha, and cumpassiden the citee with strengthingis; and the citee was bisegid. Sotheli al the cumpany, that was with Joab, enforside to distrie the wallis.
(Therefore they came, and fought against him in Habela, and in Bethmacha, and cumpassiden the city with strengthingis; and the city was bisegid. Truly all the cumpany, that was with Yoab, enforside to destroy the wallis.)

Luth Und kamen und belegten ihn zu Abel und Beth-Maacha; und schütteten einen Schutt um die Stadt und traten an die Mauer; und alles Volk, das mit Joab war, stürmete und wollte die Mauer niederwerfen.
(And came and belegten him/it to Abel and Beth-Maacha; and schütteten a Schutt around/by/for the city and traten at the Mauer; and all/everything people, the with Yoab was, stürmete and wanted the Mauer niederwerfen.)

ClVg 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.
(Venerunt itaque, and oppugnabant him in Abela and in Bethmaacha, and circumdederunt munitionibus civitatem, and obsessa it_is urbs: everyone however turba which was when/with Yoab, moliebatur destruere muros. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) They caught up with him

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_came and,besieged on/upon/above=him/it in/on/at/with,, house_of הַֽמַּעֲכָה and,threw_up siege_ramp to/towards the=city and,stood in/on/at/with,rampart and=all the,troops which/who DOM Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) battering to,break_~_down the,wall )

Alternate translation: “Joab and the soldiers caught up with him”

(Occurrence 0) against the city against the wall

Alternate translation: “against the city wall”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) battered the wall to knock it down

This means that they used a battering ram to knock down the wall. A battering ram was a cut tree or large log with a sharpened end or an end covered in metal. It was held by several men who would pound the end against a wall. Alternate translation: “used a battering ram to knock down the wall”

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