2 Chronicles 11:6

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

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Gen 35:19 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).
Judg 15:8 : 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
1 Sam 17:12 : 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:
1 Chr 4:32 : 32 And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Neh 3:5 : 5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their lord.
Neh 3:27 : 27 After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.
Jer 6:1 : 1 Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
Amos 1:1 : 1 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.
Matt 2:5-6 : 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written through the prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: for out of thee shall come forth a governor, who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 11:7-11
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7And Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
8and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
10and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
11And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.
2 Chr 11:5
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5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
2 Chr 27:3-4
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3He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
2 Chr 26:6
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6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
2 Chr 8:4-5
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4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store - cities, which he built in Hamath.
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Josh 18:22
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22and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
1 Chr 11:7-8
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7And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
8And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
Neh 11:26-32
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69%
26and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet,
27and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof,
28and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof,
29and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,
30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
31The children of Benjamin also [dwelt] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
32at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Josh 15:59
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59and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
Josh 19:43-44
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43and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,
44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
1 Kgs 9:17-18
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17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
18and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
1 Chr 11:16
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16And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
1 Chr 12:11
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11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
Num 32:36
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36and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
1 Chr 22:2
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2And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
Josh 19:6
67%
6and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:
1 Chr 6:68
67%
68and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs,
1 Kgs 6:36
67%
36And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
2 Kgs 14:22
67%
22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Neh 3:27
67%
27After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.
Josh 15:56
66%
56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
2 Chr 6:7
66%
7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
2 Sam 5:9
66%
9And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
2 Chr 26:2
66%
2He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
1 Kgs 4:9
66%
9Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
Neh 11:34
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34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
2 Chr 17:12
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12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.
2 Chr 34:11
66%
11even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
Josh 12:16
66%
16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;
2 Kgs 22:6
66%
6unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
1 Chr 4:29
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29and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
1 Chr 4:31
65%
31and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
2 Chr 33:14
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14Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
1 Kgs 6:9
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9So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
Josh 15:35
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35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,