Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, New Living Translation He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, English Standard Version He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Berean Study Bible He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, New American Standard Bible Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, New King James Version And he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, King James Bible He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, Christian Standard Bible He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Contemporary English Version Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Good News Translation Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Holman Christian Standard Bible He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, International Standard Version including Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, NET Bible Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, New Heart English Bible He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, GOD'S WORD® Translation He rebuilt Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, JPS Tanakh 1917 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, New American Standard 1977 Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Jubilee Bible 2000 He built Bethlehem and Etam and Tekoa King James 2000 Bible He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, American King James Version He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, American Standard Version He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, Brenton Septuagint Translation And he built Bethleem, and Aetan and Thecoe, Douay-Rheims Bible And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue, Darby Bible Translation And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, English Revised Version He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, Webster's Bible Translation He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, World English Bible He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, Young's Literal Translation yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa, Study Bible Rehoboam Fortifies Judah5Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah. 6He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,… Cross References 2 Samuel 14:2 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 time. 2 Chronicles 11:5 Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah. 2 Chronicles 11:7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam, Treasury of Scripture He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 2 Chronicles 17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. Joshua 19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. Genesis 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. Etam Judges 15:8 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 Chronicles 4:32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: Tekoa 2 Chronicles 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. 2 Samuel 14:2 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: Nehemiah 3:5,27 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord… Lexicon He built upוַיִּ֧בֶן (way·yi·ḇen) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build Bethlehem, לֶ֛חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1035: Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun Etam, עֵיטָ֖ם (‘ê·ṭām) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5862: Etam -- three places in Israel Tekoa, תְּקֽוֹעַ׃ (tə·qō·w·a‘) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8620: Tekoa -- a city in Judah (6) He built even.--And he built--i.e., fortified. Beth-lehem.--Beit-lahm, on a rocky eminence, two hours south of Jerusalem (Genesis 35:19; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:6). The birthplace of David and of Christ. Etam.--Ain Attan; different from the place mentioned in 1Chronicles 4:32 and Judges 15:8, which lay in Simeonite territory. Tekoa.--Teku'a; ruins on a hill two hours south of Bethlehem. (See Joshua 15:59, Note.) Verse 6. - Bethlehem. This was a case not of actual new building of a city, but of restoring and strengthening it. Bethlehem, originally Ephrath (Genesis 35:16; Genesis 48:7), was one of the very oldest towns existent in Jacob's time. It was not called Bethlehem till long after the settlement of the tribes. It was six miles from Jerusalem, on the east of the road to Hebron. Etam. A place near Bethlehem (1 Chronicles 4:3, 4, not 32; Septuagint of Joshua 15:60); possibly the resort of Samson after his revenge on the Philistines (Judges 15:8, 11). It was not the Etam mentioned as belonging to Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:32). Tekoa. According to Jerome, as also Eusebius, six Roman miles from Bethlehem, and nine from Jerusalem, or else, possibly by another road, twelve (Jerome's 'Pro-oemium in Amos,' and his 'Onomasticon'). It is absent from the Hebrew catalogue of Judah towns (Joshua 15:49), but is in the Septuagint Version of it. It was the place of the "wise woman" of 2 Samuel 14:2. 11:1-12 A few good words might have prevented the rebellion of Rehoboam's subjects; but all the force of his kingdom cannot bring them back. And it is in vain to contend with the purpose of God, when it is made known to us. Even those who are destitute of true faith, will at times pay some regard to the word of God, and be kept by it from wrong actions, to which they are prone by nature.Jump to Previous Bethlehem Beth-Lehem Builder Buildeth Built Etam Tekoa Teko'aJump to Next Bethlehem Beth-Lehem Builder Buildeth Built Etam Tekoa Teko'aLinks 2 Chronicles 11:6 NIV2 Chronicles 11:6 NLT 2 Chronicles 11:6 ESV 2 Chronicles 11:6 NASB 2 Chronicles 11:6 KJV 2 Chronicles 11:6 Bible Apps 2 Chronicles 11:6 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 11:6 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 11:6 French Bible 2 Chronicles 11:6 German Bible Alphabetical: Bethlehem built Etam he Tekoa Thus OT History: 2 Chronicles 11:6 He built Bethlehem and Etam and Tekoa (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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