2 Samuel 20:15

15And all the men who were with Joab came and besieged him in aAbel of Beth-maacah. bThey cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart, and they were battering the wall to throw it down.

Jeremiah 33:4

4For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against cthe siege mounds and against the sword:
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