bethmaachah <2SA20 -14> 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. bethmaachah <2SA20 -15> 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. ~~~~~~