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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 20:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| 2Sa 20:14 |
Strong Concordance |
And he went [05674] through all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] unto Abel [059], and to Bethmaachah [01038], and all the Berites [01276]: and they were gathered together [06950] [07035], and went [0935] also after [0310] him. |
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King James |
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
JOAB PURSUES SHEBA UNTO ABEL. (Sa2 20:14-15)
he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel--beating up for recruits. But there the prompt marches of Joab overtook and hemmed him in by a close siege of the place. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Abel - More commonly called Sa2 20:15 "Abel-Beth-maachah" to distinguish it from other places of the name of "Abel" (a grassy plain). It is represented by the modern Abil-el-Kamh, a Christian village on the northwest of lake Huleh, the ancient Merom. Compare Ch2 16:4, "Abel-maim," Abel by the water.
And all the Berites - What this means is utterly unknown. Many approve of the reading of the Latin Version, connecting it with what follows: "And all the choice young men mustered and followed him." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| He - Sheba, who marched from tribe to tribe to stir them up to sedition. Abel - Unto Abel - beth - maachah, as this place is called here in the Hebrew text, Sa2 20:15, to distinguish it from other Abels; and to signify, that this was that Abel which was in the northern border of Canaan towards that part of Syria called Maachah, Sa2 10:8. Berites - Such as lived in the city, or territory of Beeroth of Benjamin, Jos 18:25, who being of the same tribe, if not city with Sheba, adhered to him, and followed him through all the tribes of Israel. They - The tribes of Israel; that is, a considerable number of them; as might well be expected, when the discontents were so high and general. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Unto Abel - This is supposed to have been the capital of the district called Abilene in St. Luke's Gospel, Luk 3:1.
Beth-maachah - Is supposed to have been in the northern part of the Holy Land, on the confines of Syria, and probably in the tribe of Naphtali. |
14 And he went [05674] through all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] unto Abel [059], and to Bethmaachah [01038], and all the Berites [01276]: and they were gathered together [06950] [07035], and went [0935] also after [0310] him.
15 And they came [0935] and besieged [06696] him in Abel [059] of Bethmaachah [01038], and they cast up [08210] a bank [05550] against the city [05892], and it stood [05975] in the trench [02426]: and all the people [05971] that were with Joab [03097] battered [07843] the wall [02346], to throw it down [05307].
4 And Benhadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of his armies [02428] against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478]; and they smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abelmaim [066], and all the store [04543] cities [05892] of Naphtali [05321].
15 And they came [0935] and besieged [06696] him in Abel [059] of Bethmaachah [01038], and they cast up [08210] a bank [05550] against the city [05892], and it stood [05975] in the trench [02426]: and all the people [05971] that were with Joab [03097] battered [07843] the wall [02346], to throw it down [05307].
25 Gibeon [01391], and Ramah [07414], and Beeroth [0881],
8 And the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] came out [03318], and put the battle [04421] in array [06186] at the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179]: and the Syrians [0758] of Zoba [06678], and of Rehob [07340], and Ishtob [0382], and Maacah [04601], were by themselves [0905] in the field [07704].
15 And they came [0935] and besieged [06696] him in Abel [059] of Bethmaachah [01038], and they cast up [08210] a bank [05550] against the city [05892], and it stood [05975] in the trench [02426]: and all the people [05971] that were with Joab [03097] battered [07843] the wall [02346], to throw it down [05307].
1 Now [1161] in [1722] the fifteenth [4003] year [2094] of the reign [2231] of Tiberius [5086] Caesar [2541], Pontius [4194] Pilate [4091] being governor [2230] of Judaea [2449], and [2532] Herod [2264] being tetrarch [5075] of Galilee [1056], and [1161] his [846] brother [80] Philip [5376] tetrarch [5075] of Ituraea [2484] and [2532] of the region [5561] of Trachonitis [5139], and [2532] Lysanias [3078] the tetrarch [5075] of Abilene [9],