2 Chronicles 11:6

Modern English Version

He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent a request to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He instructed her, “Act as if you are observing mourning rites. Put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning over the dead like this for many days.

1 Chronicles 4:3

These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

1 Chronicles 4:32

Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan, five cities in all,

2 Chronicles 11:5

So Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and built siege cities in Judah.

2 Chronicles 11:7

Beth-zur in the east, Soko, Adullam,

2 Chronicles 20:20

So they rose up early in the morning and went out to the Wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and those dwelling in Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be supported. Believe His prophets, and you will succeed.”

Nehemiah 3:27

After them the Tekoites repaired another section across from the great protruding tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 3:5

Next to them the Tekoites made repairs, but their noblemen would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord.

Jeremiah 6:1

O sons of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccherem; for disaster appears out of the north, and great destruction.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel two years before the earthquake.

Judges 15:8

He struck them down with a mighty blow, then went to live in a cave in Etam Rock.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah whose name was Jesse, who had eight sons. And the man was old in the days of Saul and advanced in years.