2 Samuel 20:15
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"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 down."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
צוּר
tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
English grammatical function word ('bethmaachah'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equiva...
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
חֵיל
chêyl
an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יוֹאָב
Yôwʼâb
Joab, the name of three Israelites
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
הָרַס
hâraç
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →English grammatical function word ('bethmaachah'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they ar...
Study GRAM →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →צוּר tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Study H6696 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →Cross References
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: ...
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
So Benhadad 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 Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of...
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and c...
For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
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