Translations
Joab's forces came and laid siege to Sheba at Abel Beth-maacah. They piled up an earthen ramp against the city that pressed against the outer wall, and they began hammering the wall to bring it down.
All the men with Yoav came and besieged him in Avel Beit-Maakah; they threw up a siege-ramp against the city—pressing it against the outer rampart—and they battered the wall to bring it down.
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, 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.
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,