While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

He thought: If Esau comes and attacks the first group, the other may be able to escape.

Save me from the hand of Esau, my brother. I fear that he will attack me and kill both mothers and children.

Then Abimelech went to Thebez. They surrounded that city, and captured it.

So Saul called all the troops to go to war. They wanted to blockade Keilah, where David and his men were.

Joab and his troops surrounded Abel, so no one could go in or come out. They made a dirt ramp (rampart) up to the town wall. Then they used a battering ram to knock the wall down.

And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah. He fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or in to Asa the king of Judah.

Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they attacked Tirzah, Israel's capital.

But Amaziah paid no attention. So Jehoash king of Israel went to Amaziah king of Judah to meet face to face at Bethshemesh in Judah.