Verse 6

He built Bethlehem, Etam, and Tekoa,

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  • Gen 35:19 : 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
  • Judg 15:8 : 8 He attacked them viciously, defeating them completely. Then he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
  • 1 Sam 17:12 : 12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time, he was old and advanced in years.
  • 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said to her, "Please act like you are in mourning. Put on mourning clothes and do not anoint yourself with oil. Behave as if you have been mourning for the dead for a long time.
  • 1 Chr 4:32 : 32 Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities in total.
  • 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, 'Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.'
  • Neh 3:5 : 5 Next to them, the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
  • Neh 3:27 : 27 After them, the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.
  • Jer 6:1 : 1 Take refuge, O sons of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise a signal over Beth-Haccherem. For disaster looms from the north, a great destruction.
  • Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel during the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  • Matt 2:5-6 : 5 They replied, 'In Bethlehem of Judea, because this is what was written by the prophet: 6 'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.'