Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Efrat (the same is Beit-Lechem).
2 Chronicles 11:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He built Beit-Lechem, and `Etam, and Tekoa, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, |
Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Efrat (the same is Beit-Lechem).
Yo'av sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, Please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead:
These were [the sons of] the father of `Etam: Yizre`el, and Yishma, and Yidbash; and the name of their sister was Hatzelelponi;
Their villages were `Etam, and `Ayin, Rimmon, and Tokhen, and `Ashan, five cities;
Rechav`am lived in Yerushalayim, and built cities for defense in Yehudah.
They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Yehoshafat stood and said, Hear me, Yehudah, and you inhabitants of Yerushalayim: believe in the LORD your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper.
After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of `Ofel.
Next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't put their necks to the work of their lord.
Flee for safety, you children of Binyamin, out of the midst of Yerushalayim, and blow the shofar in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beit-Hakkerem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
The words of `Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Yisra'el in the days of `Uzziyah king of Yehudah, and in the days of Yarov`am the son of Yo'ash king of Yisra'el, two years before the earthquake.
He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of `Etam.
Now David was the son of that Efratite of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah, whose name was Yishai; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Sha'ul, stricken [in years] among men.