Unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah] read 'unto Abel of Beth-maachah.' All the Berites] read 'all the Bichrites' (see on 2 Samuel 20:1). Sheba went to the Bichrites (his kinsmen) and then proceeded to Abel-beth-maachah, in the extreme N. of Palestine, where he was besieged by Joab.

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