Nehemiah 3:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Next to him the Tekoites carried out the work of repair; however, some of their most powerful men would not submit to the labor asked by their masters.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:2

Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, to whom he said: “Pretend to be in mourning. Put on mourning apparel and do not anoint yourself with oil, that you may appear to be a woman who has long been mourning someone dead.

2 Chronicles 11:6

He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Nehemiah 3:27

After him, the Tekoites repaired the adjoining sector opposite the great projecting tower, to the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 3:4

At their side Meremoth, son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz, carried out the work of repair; next to him was Meshullam, son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel; and next to him was Zadok, son of Baana.

Nehemiah 3:6

The Mishneh Gate was repaired by Joiada, son of Paseah; and Meshullam, son of Besodeiah; they timbered it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Jeremiah 27:12

To Zedekiah, king of Judah, I spoke the same words: Bend your necks to the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, so that you may live.

Jeremiah 27:2

The Lord said to me: Make for yourself thongs and yoke bars and put them on your shoulders.

Jeremiah 27:8

Meanwhile, the nation or the kingdom that will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, or bend its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and pestilence—oracle of the Lord—until I finish them by his hand.

Jeremiah 6:1

Seek refuge, Benjaminites, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, raise a signal over Beth-haccherem; For disaster threatens from the north, and mighty destruction.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was one of the sheepbreeders from Tekoa, which he received in a vision concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.

Acts 15:10

Why, then, are you now putting God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

1 Corinthians 1:26

Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

Judges 5:23

“Curse Meroz,” says the messenger of the Lord, “curse, curse its inhabitants! For they did not come when the Lord helped, the help of the Lord against the warriors.”