2 Chronicles 11:6 “He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,”

2 Chronicles 11:6

He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

World English Bible

He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

American Standard Version

He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee buylt also Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Darby Translation

And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Young's Literal Translation

yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,

Bible in Basic English

He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa

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Cross references

“Beth-lehem”

Genesis 35:19 1 Samuel 17:12 Matthew 2:5 Matthew 2:6

Genesis 35:19 · BSB

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

1 Samuel 17:12 · BSB

Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.

Matthew 2:5 · BSB

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

Matthew 2:6 · BSB

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’ ”

“Etam”

Judges 15:8 1 Chronicles 4:32

Judges 15:8 · BSB

And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

1 Chronicles 4:32 · BSB

And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

“Tekoa”

2 Chronicles 20:20 2 Samuel 14:2 Nehemiah 3:5 Nehemiah 3:27 Jeremiah 6:1 Amos 1:1

2 Chronicles 20:20 · BSB

Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; beli…

2 Samuel 14:2 · BSB

So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long…

Nehemiah 3:5 · BSB

Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

Nehemiah 3:27 · BSB

And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.

Jeremiah 6:1 · BSB

“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

Amos 1:1 · BSB

These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

7Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

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