2 Samuel 20:15

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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,

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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.

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

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.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-ma'achah, and they cast up a trench against the city, and it stood enclosed by the troops: and all the people that were with Joab were battering to throw down the wall.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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.

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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,

Webster Bible ☆

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.

Revised Version ☆

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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And they came and besieged him in Abel and Beth-maacah: 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.

World English Bible ☆

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.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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.

World English Bible Classic ☆

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.

World English Bible Updated ☆

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.

World Messianic Bible ☆

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.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beit-Ma'achah, and they cast up a siege ramp against the Ir, until it stood by the rampart; and kol haAm that were with Yoav battered the chomah (wall), to throw it down.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَجَاءُوا وَحَاصَرُوهُ فِي آبَلِ بَيْتِ مَعْكَةَ، وَأَقَامُوا مِتْرَسَةً حَوْلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَأَقَامَتْ فِي ٱلْحِصَارِ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَ يُوآبَ كَانُوا يُخْرِبُونَ لِأَجْلِ إِسْقَاطِ ٱلسُّورِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ယွာ​ဘ​၏​လူ​တို့​သည်​လည်း​ရောက်​ရှိ​လာ​ကြ လျက်​မြို့​ထဲ​တွင် ရှေ​ဘ​ခို​နေ​ကြောင်း​ကြား​၍ မြို့​ကို​ဝိုင်း​ရံ​ထား​ကြ​လေ​သည်။ သူ​တို့​သည် မြို့​အ​ပြင်​တံ​တိုင်း​ကို​ကပ်​၍ မြေ​က​တုတ် များ​ဖို့​ကာ​မြို့​ရိုး​ပြို​ကျ​စေ​ရန်​တံ​တိုင်း အောက်​မြေ​ကို​တူး​ကြ​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရှေဘတည်းခိုသောဗက်မာခ ပြည်၊ အာဗေလမြို့ ကို ဝိုင်းထား ၍၊ ပြင်မြို့ရိုး တစ်ဘက်တချက်၌ မြေရိုး ကို ဖို့ ကြ၏။ ယွာဘ နှင့် သူ၏ လူ အပေါင်း တို့သည် မြို့ရိုး ကို ဖြို ခြင်းငှါ ထိုးဖေါက် ကြ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Joab kaminawk loe caeh o moe, Sheba ohhaih Beth-Maakah prae, Abel vangpui to takui o; vangpui tasa bang ih misa abuephaih sipae to phraek o; Joab hoi anih ih kaminawk loe sipae taengah kaom, misa abuephaih ahmuen to muk o moe, phraek o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Abelbethmaakah a pha uh vaengah anih te koep a dum uh. Khopuei te tanglung malh a lun thil uh tih rhalmahvong te a pai thil. Joab neh a pilnam pum loh vongtung te cungku sak ham a thuk.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Abelbethmaakah a pha uh vaengah anih te koep a dum uh. Khopuei te tanglung malh a lun thil uh tih rhalmahvong te a pai thil. Joab neh a pilnam pum loh vongtung te cungku sak ham a thuk.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

约押和跟随的人到了 伯·玛迦的 亚比拉，围困 示巴，就对着城筑垒；跟随 约押的众民 用锤撞城，要使城塌陷。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

約押和跟隨的人到了 伯‧瑪迦的 亞比拉，圍困 示巴，就對着城築壘；跟隨 約押的眾民 用錘撞城，要使城塌陷。

World Chinese Bible ☆

约押的人来到伯·玛迦的亚伯，围困示巴；他们筑起土垒攻城，土垒立在城垣旁；所有跟随约押的人都撞击城墙，要把它拆毁。

Croatian Bible ☆

Joab dođe i opsjede ga u Abel Bet Maaki. Dade nasuti nasip oko grada. Sva vojska koja bijaše s Joabom navali potkopavati zid da ga obori.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

A přitáhše, oblehli jej v Abel Betmaacha, a udělali násyp proti městu, kteréž se bránilo z bašt; všecken pak lid, kterýž byl s Joábem, usiloval podvrátiti zed.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Da kom de og belejrede ham i Abel-Bet-Ma'aka, idet de opkastede en Vold om Byen. Men medens alt Krigsfolket, der var med Joab, arbejdede på at bringe Muren til Fald,

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En zij kwamen en belegerden hem in Abel Beth-Maacha, en zij wierpen een wal op tegen de stad, dat hij aan den buitenmuur stond; en al het volk, dat met Joab was, verdorven den muur, om dien neder te vellen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Maar de mannen van Joab kwamen hem in Abel-Bet-Maäka belegeren, wierpen een wal om de stad, en ondermijnden de muur, om hem te laten instorten.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj ili venis, kaj eksieĝis lin en Abel-Bet-Maaĥa, kaj ŝutis ĉirkaŭ la urbo remparon, kiu atingis la muron; kaj la tuta popolo, kiu estis kun Joab, komencis detrui, por faligi la muron.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et ils vinrent et assiégèrent [Shéba] dans Abel-Beth-Maaca, et ils élevèrent contre la ville une terrasse, et elle se dressait contre l’avant-mur ; et tout le peuple qui était avec Joab sapait pour faire tomber la muraille.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Les gens de Joab vinrent donc, et l'assiégèrent dans Abel-Beth-Maaca; et ils élevèrent contre la ville une terrasse qui atteignait la muraille; et tout le peuple qui était avec Joab, sapait la muraille pour la faire tomber.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ils vinrent assiéger Schéba dans Abel-Beth-Maaca, et ils élevèrent contre la ville une terrasse qui atteignait le rempart. Tout le peuple qui était avec Joab sapait la muraille pour la faire tomber.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ils vinrent l’assiéger dans Abel-Beth-Maaca, ils élevèrent contre la ville un remblai qui atteignit le rempart ; et tout le peuple qui était avec Joab sapait la muraille pour la faire tomber.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und sie kamen und belagerten ihn in Abel-Beth-Maaka, und sie schütteten einen Wall gegen die Stadt auf, so daß derselbe an der Vormauer stand; und alles Volk, das mit Joab war, unterwühlte die Mauer, um sie zu stürzen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

und kamen und belagerten ihn zu Abel-Beth-Maacha und schütteten einen Wall gegen die Stadt hin, daß er bis an die Vormauer langte; und alles Volk, das mit Joab war, stürmte und wollte die Mauer niederwerfen.

German Textbibel ☆

Aber sie rückten nach, belagerten ihn in Abel Beth Maacha und schütteten gegen die Stadt einen Wall auf; der kam auf den Festungsgraben zu stehen. Dann übte das ganze Heer, das Joab bei sich hatte sein Zerstörungswerk, um die Mauer zu Falle zu bringen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Jene aber kamen und belagerten ihn zu Abel-Beth-Maacha, und sie warfen einen Wall um die Stadt bis an die Mauern hin. Und alles Volk, das mit Joab war, stürmte und wollte die Mauer niederwerfen.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ παρεγενήθησαν καὶ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπ' αὐτὸν τὴν Ἀβὲλ καὶ Βαιθμαχὰ καὶ ἐξέχεαν πρόσχωμα πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἔστη ἐν τῷ προτειχίσματι, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς μετά Ἰωὰβ ἐνοοῦσαν καταβαλεῖν τὸ τεῖχος.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Sòlda Joab yo vin rive devan Abèl-Bèt Maka. Yo sènen lavil la, yo anpile ranblè nan pye gwo miray deyò a pou yo te ka anvayi lavil la. Apre sa, yo pran fouye anba miray la pou fè l' tonbe.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Hiki aku la lakou, a hoopuni ae la ia ia iloko o Abela-betemaka, hooahu aku la lakou i ka puu e ku pono i ke kulanakauhale, e ku ana ia ma ka pa mawaho: kui aku la ko Ioaba poe kanaka a pau i ka pa pohaku e hoohiolo ia mea malalo.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיָּצֻ֣רוּ עָלָ֗יו בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙ בֵּ֣ית הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ סֹֽלְלָה֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּחֵ֑ל וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶת־יֹואָ֔ב מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ם לְהַפִּ֥יל הַחֹומָֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויבאו ויצרו עליו באבלה בית המעכה וישפכו סללה אל העיר ותעמד בחל וכל העם אשר את יואב משחיתם להפיל החומה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

E tutta la gente ch' era con Ioab, venne e l'assediò in Abel di Bet-maaca; e fecero un argine contro alla città, il quale essendo condotto fino all'antimuro, essi tagliavano il muro, per farlo cadere.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E vennero e assediarono Sheba in Abel-Beth-Maaca, e innalzarono contro la città un bastione che dominava le fortificazioni; e tutta la gente ch’era con Joab batteva in breccia le mura per abbatterle.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

彼らはやって来て、ベテ・マアカのアベルで彼を包囲し、町に向かって土塁を築き上げた。それは外塁に達して立った。そしてヨアブとともにいたすべての民は、城壁を打ち倒そうと攻撃した。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

이에 저희가 벧마아가 아벨로 가서 세바를 에우고 그 성읍을 향하여 해자 언덕 위에 토성을 쌓고 요압과 함께한 모든 백성이 성벽을 쳐서 헐고자 하더니

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet lal Joab elos lohng lah Sheba el oasr we, na elos fahsreni kuhlusya siti sac. Elos sang fohk musaeak nien fanyak lalos nu fin pot we, ac mutawauk in pikin ye pot uh in raki.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

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.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و ایشان آمده، او رادر آبل بیت معکه محاصره نمودند و پشته‌ای دربرابر شهر ساختند که در برابر حصار برپا شد، وتمامی قوم که با یوآب بودند، حصار را می‌زدند تاآن را منهدم سازند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Eles chegaram e o sitiaram em Abel de Bete-Maaca, e construíram uma rampa de cerco contra a cidade, e ela se ergueu contra a muralha exterior; e todo o povo que estava com Joabe batia na muralha para derrubá-la.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E vieram e cercaram-no em Abel de Bete-Maaca, e puseram baluarte contra a cidade; e posto que foi ao muro, todo aquele povo que estava com Joabe trabalhava por derrubar a muralha.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și au venit și l-au asediat pe Șeba în Abel-Bet-Maaca și au înălțat un val de pământ împotriva cetății și acesta stătea în șanțul de apărare; și tot poporul care era cu Ioab lovea zidul, pentru a-l dărâma.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ау венит ши ау ымпресурат пе Шеба ын Абел-Бет-Маака ши ау ридикат ымпотрива четэций ун вал каре атинӂя ынтэритура. Тот попорул каре ера ку Иоаб сэпа зидул ка сэ-л факэ сэ кадэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И пришли и осадили его в Авеле-Беф-Маахе; и насыпали вал пред городом и подступили к стене, и все люди, бывшие с Иоавом, старались разрушить стену.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I došavši opkoliše ga u Avel-Vet-Masi, i iskopaše opkop oko grada tako da stajahu pred zidom; i sav narod što beše s Joavom navaljivaše da obori zid.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И дошавши опколише га у Авел-Вет-Маси, и ископаше опкоп око града тако да стајаху пред зидом; и сав народ што беше с Јоавом наваљиваше да обори зид.

Mashi Bible ☆

Balinda bagorha Sheba, omu Abeli-Bet-Maaka banacizongolosa emirhi olunda lurhanzi lw’ecôla côgo c’amabuye, n’olubaga lwàli boshi na Yowabu lwarhondêra okuhumba idaho mpu bacihongole.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y vinieron y cercáronlo en Abel de Beth-maachâ, y pusieron baluarte contra la ciudad; y puesto que fué al muro, todo el pueblo que estaba con Joab trabajaba por derribar la muralla.

Spanish BLL ☆

Las tropas de Joab llegaron y sitiaron a Seba en Abel Bet-maaca. Construyeron una rampa de asalto contra la muralla exterior de la ciudad, y todos los soldados que estaban con Joab golpeaban el muro para derribarlo.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y vinieron y lo sitiaron en Abel-bet-maaca, y levantaron baluarte contra la ciudad, el cual se puso contra el muro; y todo el pueblo que estaba con Joab trabajaba por derribar la muralla.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y Joab y sus hombres lo encerraron en Abel de Bet-maaca, y levantaron un rampa de tierra contra la ciudad: y todos los hombres de Joab hicieron todo lo posible por derribar el muro.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Entonces todo el ejército que estaba con Joab llegó y lo sitiaron en Abel de Bet-maacá. Levantaron un terraplén contra el muro de la ciudad que estaba sostenida en el muro.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻa nau haʻu ʻo kāpui ia ʻi ʻEpeli ʻi Pete Meaka, pea naʻa nau tanu puke ki he kolo pea naʻe hanga atu ia ki he ʻā kituʻa: pea naʻe haha ʻae ʻā ʻe Soape pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, koeʻuhi ke fakahinga ia ki lalo.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І прийшли вони й облягли його в Абел-Бет-Маасї, й насипали проти городу вал, і підступали під мур, і всї люде, що були при Йоабові, взяли розбивати мур.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І прийшли вони й облягли його в Абел-Бет-Маасї, й насипали проти городу вал, і підступали під мур, і всї люде, що були при Йоабові, взяли розбивати мур.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vậy, họ đến vây phủ Sê-ba trong A-bên-Bết-ma-ca, đắp lên một cái lũy cao hơn đồn thành, và cả đạo quân Giô-áp đào tường thành đặng làm cho nó ngã xuống.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיָּצֻ֣רוּ עָלָ֗יו בְּאָבֵ֨לָה֙ בֵּ֣ית הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ סֹֽלְלָה֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּחֵ֑ל וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶת־יוֹאָ֔ב מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ם לְהַפִּ֥יל הַחוֹמָֽה׃