2 Chronicles 11:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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Gen 35:19 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
Judg 15:8 : 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
1 Sam 17:12 : 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had 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 the LORD 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 them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
Jer 6:1 : 1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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 by the prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 11:7-11
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78%
7And Bethzur, and Shoco, 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 fenced cities.
11And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of 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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71%
3He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
2 Chr 26:6
71%
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 built cities about 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.
5Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Josh 18:22
70%
22And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
1 Chr 11:7-8
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7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
8And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
Neh 11:26-32
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69%
26And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,
27And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,
28And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
29And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
30Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
31The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
32And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Josh 15:59
69%
59And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
Josh 19:43-44
2 verses
68%
43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
44And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
1 Kgs 9:17-18
2 verses
68%
17And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
18And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
1 Chr 11:16
68%
16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
1 Chr 12:11
67%
11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
Num 32:36
67%
36And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
1 Chr 22:2
67%
2And David commanded to gather together the strangers 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 Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
1 Chr 6:68
67%
68And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
1 Kgs 6:36
67%
36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row 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 them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even 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 an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Sam 5:9
66%
9So David dwelt in the fort, 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%
9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
Neh 11:34
66%
34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
2 Chr 17:12
66%
12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
2 Chr 34:11
66%
11Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
Josh 12:16
66%
16The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
2 Kgs 22:6
66%
6Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
1 Chr 4:29
65%
29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
1 Chr 4:31
65%
31And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
2 Chr 33:14
65%
14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
1 Kgs 6:9
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9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
Josh 15:35
65%
35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,