2 Samuel 20:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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:e and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. ”

2 Samuel 20:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cast up a bank - See the marginal references. The throwing up of mounds against the walls of besieged places by the besiegers is well illustrated in the Assyrian sculptures. The trench - The...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 (k) battered the wall, to throw i...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20. The Revolt of Sheba (J). 2 Samuel 20:1 f. The result of this altercation was a fresh rebellion under a Benjamite, Sheba ben Bichri. 2 Samuel 20:3 . The members of the king's...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bank . mound. trench . rampart.
2 Samuel 20:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 do...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They cast up a bank against the city— The LXX render it, they levelled the bank, or glacis, of the city; which receives some countenance from the words immediately following, and it stood in t...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-ma'achah, 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 i...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rebellion of Sheba Sheba takes advantage of the jealousy of the men of Israel to begin a rebellion, which, but for the prompt action of Joab, might have resulted in a disruption between Israel...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(15) Abel of Beth-maachah. — Omit the preposition “of.” (See 2 Samuel 20:14 .) Stood in the trench. — The “trench” is the space between the wall of the city and the lower outer wall. When the be...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

One Head Saves Many 2 Samuel 20:14-26 This wise woman, by her intervention, saved many lives, and reminds us of the value of presence of mind in a great crisis. She gave Joab to understand, fir...
2 Samuel 20:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The occasion invariably finds the man for evil as well as for good. Sheba seized the strife between Judah and Israel as an opportunity to attempt to divide the kingdom. David's hosts went forth agai...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) В¶ 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. (15) And they came and besieged him...
2 Samuel 20:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah ,.... That is, Joab and Abishai, with the forces under them, who pursued him hither: and they cast up a bank against the city ; which some und...
2 Samuel 20:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 do...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They came and besieged him Joab and his army pursued him thither. And cast up a bank They raised a very large mound of earth, equal, probably, to the height of the walls, from whence they might e...
2 Samuel 20:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Satan is always ready to take advantage of such occasions among God's people, and he had a man there of worthless, ambitious character, Sheba, the son of Bichri was actually a Benjamite, not from any...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sheba Pursued. B. C. 1023. 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel,...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They came, i.e. Joab and his army, which is easily understood, both from the foregoing and following verses. They cast up a bank; from whence they might either batter the wall, or shoot at those...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 20:14 . “Abel.” Lit., meadow , and the name of several places in Palestine, but from its proximity to Beth-Maachah (with which it is sometimes joined,...
2 Samuel 20:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:1 . Sheba, a Benjamite, and a captain high in command under Absalom, in whose heart the embers of revolt were still burning. This man, seeing the anger of the tribes at not being calle...
2 Samuel 20:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 20:1 There happened to be there a man of Belial. The fierce words of the men of Judah led to evil results. It was a time when all wise and thoughtful persons would hav...
2 Samuel 20:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of Sheba
2 Samuel 20:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 19:32 ; Jeremiah 32:24 ; Jeremiah 33:4 ; Luke 19:43
2 Samuel 20:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — That is, Joab and his army. A bank — From whence they might either batter the wall, or shoot at those who defended it. It stood — The bank stood in, or near to the trench, or the wall of the...

2 Samuel 20:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 20:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 20:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 20:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 20:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 20:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 20:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 20:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 20:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 20:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 20:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes