(15)Abel of Beth-maachah. — Omit the preposition “of.” (See 2 Samuel 20:14.)

Stood in the trench. — The “trench” is the space between the wall of the city and the lower outer wall. When the besiegers had succeeded in planting the mounds for their battering engines in this space they had already gained an important advantage.

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