2 Samuel 20:14-15

14 Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maakah and through the entire region of the Bikrites,^[a] who gathered together and followed him.

15 All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maakah. 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,

2 Samuel 20:14-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 20

This chapter gives an account of a new rebellion raised by Sheba, 2Sa 20:1,2; of David's shutting up his concubines unto the day of their death, whom Absalom had lain with, 2Sa 20:3; of Amasa being ordered to assemble the men of Judah to crush the rebellion, but being dilatory, Abishai is sent out with David's servants, and was followed by Joab with the men under him, 2Sa 20:4-7; and of the murder of Amasa by Joab, 2Sa 20:8-13; and of Sheba being shut up in the city Abel, 2Sa 20:14,15; whose head, by the means of a wise woman, was delivered to Joab, and so an end was put to the rebellion, 2Sa 20:16-22; and, lastly, of the chief officers in David's camp and court, 2Sa 20:23-26.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 21:16
• 2. 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29
• 3. 2 Kings 19:32; Isaiah 37:33; Jeremiah 6:6; Jeremiah 32:24

Footnotes

• [a]. See Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew "Berites" .