¹⁵ And they came and besieged him in Abelah-beth-maacah; and they spilled·​·out an embankment^* to^▵ the city, and it stood against^◦ the rampart; and all the people who were with^◦ Joab damaged the wall to make it fall.

⁷ And his words were with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they helped, following after Adonijah.