13 ¶ When he was removed out of the way, every man went after Joab, to follow after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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.

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Footnotes

  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.

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