Thus he builtBethlehem,Etam,Tekoa,
The wordsof Amos,whowas among the sheepherdersfrom Tekoa,whichhe envisionedin visionsconcerningIsraelin the daysof Uzziahkingof Judah,and in the daysof Jeroboamsonof Joash,kingof Israel,two yearsbeforethe earthquake.
"Fleefor safety,O sonsof Benjamin,From the midstof Jerusalem!Now blowa trumpetin TekoaAnd raisea signaloverBeth-haccerem;For evillooksdownfrom the north,And a greatdestruction.
Afterthem the Tekoitesrepairedanothersectionin frontof the greatprojectingtowerand as faras the wallof Ophel.
Moreover, nextto him the Tekoitesmaderepairs,but their noblesdid not supportthe workof their masters.
They roseearlyin the morningand wentout to the wildernessof Tekoa;and when they wentout, Jehoshaphatstoodand said,"Listento me, O Judahand inhabitantsof Jerusalem,putyour trustin the LORDyour Godand you will be established.Putyour trustin His prophetsand succeed."
Their villages[were] Etam,Ain,Rimmon,Tochenand Ashan,fivecities;
So Joabsentto Tekoaand broughta wisewomanfrom thereand saidto her, "Pleasepretendto be a mourner,and puton mourninggarmentsnow,and do not anointyourself with oil,but be like a womanwho has been mourningfor the deadmanydays;
Now Davidwas the sonof the Ephrathiteof Bethlehemin Judah,whose namewas Jesse,and he had eightsons.And Jesse was oldin the daysof Saul,advanced[in years] among men.
He struckthem ruthlesslywith a greatslaughter;and he wentdownand livedin the cleftof the rockof Etam.
So Racheldiedand was buriedon the wayto Ephrath(that is, Bethlehem).
Rehoboamlivedin Jerusalemand builtcitiesfor defensein Judah.
Beth-zur,Soco,Adullam,
These[were] the sonsof Etam:Jezreel,Ishmaand Idbash;and the nameof their sister[was] Hazzelelponi.
