Then they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maachah; and they cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood by the rampart. And all the people who [were] with Joab battered the wall to throw it down.
Heldu ziren Joaben gizonak eta setiatu zuten Abel-Bet-Maaka; hiriari erasotzeko, harresiaren gailurreraino lurra pilatuz, harresia hausten eta botatzen saiatu ziren denak.