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2 Samuel 20:14

He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites. They were gathered together, and went also after him.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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 in also after him.

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Cross-references (5)

Passages linked to 2 Samuel 20:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
  • Numbers 21:16 From there they traveled to Beer; that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
  • Joshua 18:25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
  • 1 Kings 15:20 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
  • 2 Chronicles 16:4 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

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Explain this verse (19 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Unto the city Abel, which was near to Beth…

Unto the city Abel, which was near to Beth Maachah.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 20:14 And he went through all the tribes…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He went; either,
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain We have here the conclusion of Sheba's attempt.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he went through all the tribes of Israel,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He - Sheba, who marched from tribe to tribe…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. Unto Abel] This is supposed to have…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 20:14. He went through all the tribes —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Abel - More commonly called 2Sa 20:15 “Abel-Beth-maachah” to…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Tribes, north-west of the Jordan. (Calmet) --- Abela and…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain JOAB PURSUES SHEBA UNTO ABEL. (Sa2 20:14-15)
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Through all the tribes — That is, all…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14–22. Sheba besieged in Abel-Beth-Maachah
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) Unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah.—Abel has been identified…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he went through, etc. It was not Joab,…
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain 2Sa_20:14. “Abel.” Lit., meadow, and the name of several…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The Death of Sheba
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Sheba passed through
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 20:14 Abel-beth-maacah was in the northernmost region of Israelite…

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