Nehemiah 3:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ And at their hand the Teqowites strengthened, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Master.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles or lords did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their lord.

Common English Bible

⁵ Next to them the people from Tekoa made repairs, but their officials wouldn’t help with the work of their supervisors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And beside them, the Tekoites built. But the nobles among them did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

Nehemiah 3:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:2

And Yo’aḇ sent to Teqowa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead.

2 Chronicles 11:6

And he built Bĕyth Leḥem, and Ěytam, and Teqowa,

Nehemiah 3:27

After him the Teqowites strengthened another section, opposite the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 3:4

And at their hand Merĕmoth son of Uriyah, son of Qots, strengthened. And at their hand Meshullam son of Bereḵyah, son of Meshĕyzaḇ’ĕl, strengthened. And at their hand Tsaḏoq son of Ba‛ana strengthened.

Nehemiah 3:6

And Yehoyaḏa son of Pasĕaḥ and Meshullam son of Besoḏeyah strengthened the Old Gate. They laid its beams and set up its doors, and its bolts and its bars.

Jeremiah 27:12

And I spoke to Tsiḏqiyah the sovereign of Yehuḏah according to all these words, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the sovereign of Baḇel, and serve him and his people, and live!

Jeremiah 27:2

“This is what יהוה said to me, ‘Make for yourselves bands and yokes. Then you shall put them on your neck,

Jeremiah 27:8

And it shall be, the nation and reign that do not serve Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar the sovereign of Baḇel, and the one that does not put its neck under the yoke of the sovereign of Baḇel, that nation I shall punish,’ declares יהוה, ‘with the sword, and the scarcity of food, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

Jeremiah 6:1

“O children of Binyamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Yerushalayim! Blow a shophar in Teqowa, and set up a signal-fire in Bĕyth Hakkerem, for evil has been seen from the north, and great destruction.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Teqowa, which he saw concerning Yisra’ĕl in the days of Uzziyah sovereign of Yehuḏah, and in the days of Yaroḇ‛am son of Yo’ash, sovereign of Yisra’ĕl, two years before the earthquake.

Matthew 11:29

“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall find rest for your beings

Acts 15:10

Now then, why do you try Elohim by putting a yoke on the neck of the taught ones which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?”

1 Corinthians 1:26

For look at your calling, brothers, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble.

Judges 5:23

Curse Mĕroz,’ said a messenger of יהוה, ‘curse, curse its inhabitants, because they did not come to the help of יהוה, to the help of יהוה among the mighty.’