NET

15 So Joab’s men came and laid siege against him in Abel of Beth Maacah. They prepared a siege ramp outside the city that stood against its outer rampart. As all of Joab’s soldiers were trying to break through the wall so that it would collapse,

Darby

15 And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.

KJV

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^K1683: and all the people that [were] with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down^K1684.

KJV Bible Notes

it stood in the trench: Or, it stood against the outmost wall. battered the wall, to throw it down: Heb. marred to throw down.