¹⁴ Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maakah and through the entire region of the Bikrites,^[a](A) who gathered together and followed him.

¹⁵ All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maakah.^(A) They built a siege ramp^(B) up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down,

¹⁸ She continued, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Get your answer at Abel,’ and that settled it.

²⁹ In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser^(A) king of Assyria came and took Ijon,^(B) Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali,^(C) and deported^(D) the people to Assyria.