So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
2 Chronicles 11:6 - New Revised Standard Version He built up Bethlehem, Etam, 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, |
So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning garments, do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,
And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five towns,
Rehoboam resided in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.
They rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you will be established; believe his prophets.”
After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord.
Flee for safety, O children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looms out of the north, and great destruction.
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
He struck them down hip and thigh with great slaughter; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.