Tekoa
Tekoa appears in 14 verses of the Bible, from 2 Samuel to Amos.
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- Near Khirbet Teku’a, 16 km south of Jerusalem
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Key passages
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So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don’t put on lotions. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
2 Samuel 14:2 · Read the chapter -
Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of Tekoa).
1 Chronicles 2:24 · Read the chapter -
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
2 Chronicles 11:6 · Read the chapter -
Next were the people from Tekoa, though their leaders refused to work with the construction supervisors.
Nehemiah 3:5 · Read the chapter -
“Run for your lives, you people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the alarm in Tekoa! Send up a signal at Beth-hakkerem! A powerful army is coming from the north, coming with disaster and destruction.
Jeremiah 6:1 · Read the chapter -
This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, was king of Israel.
Amos 1:1 · Read the chapter
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