15 They came and besieged him in (A)Abel Beth-maacah, and (B)they [a]cast up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood by the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab were wreaking destruction in order to topple the wall.

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  1. 2 Samuel 20:15 Lit poured out

15 All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maakah.(A) They built a siege ramp(B) up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down,

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29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, [a](A)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and [b]captured Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and (B)he carried them captive to Assyria.

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  1. 2 Kings 15:29 In 1 Chr 5:6, 26, Tilgath-pilneser
  2. 2 Kings 15:29 Lit took

29 In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser(A) king of Assyria came and took Ijon,(B) Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali,(C) and deported(D) the people to Assyria.

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