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2 Samuel 20:14

AbelBeth-maacah

12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

15 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.

16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

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BSB
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
KJV
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
WEB
He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.
ASV
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
DARBY
who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they gathered together, and went also after him.
BLB
And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-Beth-maacah, and all the Berites. And they were gathered together and went also after him.
ÅB
Han dro fram gjennom alle Israels stammer til Abel og Bet-Ma'aka og hele Berim; og de samlet seg og fulgte også etter ham.
OTB
Nå dro han gjennom alle Israels stammer til Abel, til og med Bet-Maaka, og alle bikritene samlet seg og fulgte også etter ham.
B1930
Han drog frem gjennem alle Israels stammer til Abel og Bet-Ma'aka og hele Berim; og de samlet sig og fulgte også efter ham.

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  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

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  • Joshua 18:25

    Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

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  • 1 Kings 15:20

    So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

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  • 2 Chronicles 16:4

    And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

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  • Numbers 21:16

    And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

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