And Joab sent to Tekoah, and brought from there a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not yourself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
Nehemiah 3:5 - King James 2000 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their lord. Common English Bible 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 And beside them, the Tekoites built. But the nobles among them did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. |
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and brought from there a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not yourself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
After them the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that lies out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
Moreover the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
I spoke also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Thus says the LORD to me; Make yourself bonds and yokes, and put them upon your neck,
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal of fire in Beth-haccherem: for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.
Now therefore why test God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, Curse you bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.