Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

yea he built Bethlehem and Etam, and Tekoa;

New American Standard Bible

Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

King James Version

He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Holman Bible

He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

International Standard Version

including Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

A Conservative Version

He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Julia Smith Translation

And he will build the house of bread, and the place of ravenous beasts, and the pitching of tents,

King James 2000

He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Lexham Expanded Bible

He built Bethlehem, Etah, Tekoa,

Modern King James verseion

And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

as Bethlehem, Etam and Tekoa;

NET Bible

Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

New Heart English Bible

He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Webster

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

World English Bible

He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He built
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

בּית לחם 
Beyth Lechem 
Usage: 41

and Etam
עיטם 
`Eytam 
Usage: 5

Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 11:6

Context Readings

Rehoboam Fortifies Cities In Judah

5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, - and built cities for defence, in Judah; 6 yea he built Bethlehem and Etam, and Tekoa; 7 and Beth-zur and Soco, and Adullam;

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died, - and was buried on the way to Ephrath, the same, is Bethlehem.

Judges 15:8

So he smote them, leg on thigh, with a great smiting, - and went down and dwelt in a cleft of the crag Etam.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now, David, was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose, name, was Jesse, and, who, had eight sons, - and, the man, in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years.

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from thence, a wise woman, - and said unto her - I pray thee, feign thyself a mourner, and put on, I pray thee, mourning apparel, and do not anoint thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath, these many days, been mourning for the dead;

1 Chronicles 4:32

And, their villages, were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, - five cities;

2 Chronicles 20:20

So they rose early in the morning, and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa, - and, as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Trust ye in Yahweh your God, and ye shall be trusted, Trust ye in his prophets, and ye shall prosper.

Nehemiah 3:5

and, at their hand, repaired, the Tekoites, - but, their chiefs, put not their neck into the service of their lords.

Nehemiah 3:27

after him, repaired, the Tekoites, a second length, - from over against the great tower that projecteth, even unto the wall of Ophel:

Jeremiah 6:1

Take your goods into safety, ye sons of Benjamin out of the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa, blow ye a horn, And on Beth-haccherem, raise a fire-signal, - For calamity, hath looked out from the North, Even a great destruction.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, - of which (words) he had vision concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Matthew 2:5-6

And, they, said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea, - for, so, is it written through the prophet:

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