So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem ).
2 Chronicles 11:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, American Standard Version (1901) He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, Common English Bible in Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Catholic Public Domain Version And he built up Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue, |
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem ).
So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, ‘Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
These were Etam’s sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and their sister was named Hazzelelponi.
Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan #– #five cities,
In the morning they got up early and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa. As they were about to go out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, ‘Hear me, Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe in his prophets, and you will succeed.’
Next to him the Tekoites made repairs to another section from a point opposite the great tower that juts out, as far as the wall of Ophel.
Beside them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help their supervisors.
‘Run for cover out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites. Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster threatens from the north, even a crushing blow.
The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders , from Tekoa #– #what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
He tore them limb from limb and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.