Parallel Verses
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
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,
The Emphasized Bible
yea 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,
Themes
Bethlehem » A city » A city southwest of jerusalem » Jeroboam converts it into a military stronghold
Cities » Often fortified by art
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Rehoboam (latter part of his reign)
Rehoboam » Builds fortified cities; is temporarily prosperous
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 11:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rehoboam Fortifies Cities In Judah
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah. 6 Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),
Judges 15:8
And he struck them hip and thigh with a great blow, and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.
2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
1 Chronicles 4:32
And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,
2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed."
Nehemiah 3:5
And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.
Nehemiah 3:27
After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction.
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds 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.
Matthew 2:5-6
They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: