2 Samuel 20:15

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, 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.

Cross-references

1 Kings 15:20 records a later siege of the same city, Abel-beth-maacah, by Ben-hadad, showing its repeated vulnerability.

2 Kings 15:29 lists Abel-beth-maacah among cities conquered by Tiglath-pileser, another siege of this location.

2 Kings 19:32 uses the same phrase 'cast a bank' about Jerusalem's siege; here Joab's forces do this against Abel.

Jeremiah 32:24 describes siege mounds ('mounts') against Jerusalem, similar to the bank cast here.

Jeremiah 33:4 mentions houses thrown down by 'mounts', echoing the siege imagery here.

Luke 19:43 prophesies enemies casting a trench around Jerusalem, paralleling the siegeworks here.