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2 Samuel 20:15

NETBible	So Joab’s men¹ 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 through² the wall so that it would collapse,
NIV © biblegateway 2Sa 20:15	All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maacah. They built a siege ramp up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down,
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 20:15	They came and besieged him in Abel Beth-maacah, and they 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.
NLT © biblegateway 2Sa 20:15	When Joab’s forces arrived, they attacked Abel–beth–maacah and built a ramp against the city wall and began battering it down.
MSG © biblegateway 2Sa 20:15	Joab's army arrived and laid siege to Sheba in Abel Beth Maacah. They built a siege-ramp up against the city's fortification. The plan was to knock down the wall.
BBE © SABDAweb 2Sa 20:15	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Sa 20:15	Joab’s forces came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah; they threw up a siege-ramp against the city, and it stood against the rampart. Joab’s forces were battering the wall to break it down.
NKJV © biblegateway 2Sa 20:15	Then they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maachah; and they cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood by the rampart. And all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.
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KJV	And they came <0935> (8799) and besieged <06696> (8799) him in Abel <059> of Bethmaachah <01038>_, and they cast up <08210> (8799) a bank <05550> against the city <05892>_, and it stood <05975> (8799) in the trench <02426>_: and all the people <05971> that [were] with Joab <03097> battered <07843> (8688) the wall <02346>_, to throw it down <05307> (8687)_. {in the trench: or, against the outmost wall} {battered: Heb. marred to throw down}
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 20:15	They came <0935> and besieged <06696> <5921> him in Abel <062> Beth-maacah <01038> , and they cast <08210> up a siege <05550> ramp <05550> against <0413> the city <05892> , and it stood <05975> by the rampart <02426> ; and all <03605> the people <05971> who <0834> were with Joab <03097> were wreaking <07843> destruction <07843> in order to topple <05307> the wall <02346> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ paregenhyhsan <3854> V-API-3P kai <2532> CONJ epoliorkoun {V-IAI-3P} ep <1909> PREP auton <846> D-ASM thn <3588> T-ASF abel <6> N-PRI kai <2532> CONJ thn <3588> T-ASF baiymaca {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ execean <1632> V-AAI-3P proscwma {N-ASN} prov <4314> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF polin <4172> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ esth <2476> V-AAI-3S en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM proteicismati {N-DSN} kai <2532> CONJ pav <3956> A-NSM o <3588> T-NSM laov <2992> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM meta <3326> PREP iwab {N-PRI} enoousan <3539> V-AAI-3P katabalein <2598> V-FAN to <3588> T-ASN teicov <5038> N-ASN
NET [draft] ITL	So Joab’s men came <0935> and laid siege against <06696> him in <05921> Abel <059> of Beth Maacah <01038> . They prepared <08210> a siege ramp <05550> outside <0413> the city <05892> which stood <05975> against its outer rampart <02426> . As all <03605> of Joab’s <03097> soldiers <05971> were trying to break through <07843> the wall <02346> so that it would collapse <05307> ,
HEBREW	hmwxh <02346> lyphl <05307> Mtyxsm <07843> bawy <03097> ta <0854> rsa <0834> Meh <05971> lkw <03605> lxb <02426> dmetw <05975> ryeh <05892> la <0413> hllo <05550> wkpsyw <08210> hkemh <01038> tyb <0> hlbab <059> wyle <05921> wruyw <06696> wabyw (20:15) <0935>

NETBible

So Joab’s men¹ 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 through² the wall so that it would collapse,

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “they.” The following context makes it clear that this refers to Joab and his army.

²tc The LXX has here ἐνοοῦσαν (enoousan, “were devising”), which apparently presupposes the Hebrew word מַחֲשָׁבִים (makhashavim) rather than the MT מַשְׁחִיתִם (mashkhitim, “were destroying”). With a number of other scholars Driver thinks that the Greek variant may preserve the original reading, but this seems to be an unnecessary conclusion (but see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 346).