Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He built Bethlehem, Etah, 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
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,
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 And Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities as strongholds in Judah. 6 He built Bethlehem, Etah, Tekoa, 7 Beth-Zur, Socoh, Adullam,
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that [is], Bethlehem).
Judges 15:8
And {he gave them a thorough beating}, 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. This [man was] from Bethlehem of Judah, and his name was Jesse. {He had} eight sons; in the days of Saul this man was old, [yet] he [still] walked among the men.
2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman, and he said to her, "Please pretend to mourn and put on garments of mourning. You should not anoint yourself [with] oil, and you must act like this woman who has been mourning over the dead for {a long time}.
1 Chronicles 4:32
And their villages [were] Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan, five cities
2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose up early in the morning and went out to the desert of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, and you shall be established! Believe in his prophets, and you shall succeed!"
Nehemiah 3:5
{Next to them} the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles did not put their neck to the work of their lord.
Nehemiah 3:27
After him the Tekoites repaired a second section of a wall opposite the projecting tower that goes out as far as the wall of Ophel.
Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem. And in Tekoa blow a horn, and on Beth-haccherem lift up a signal, for evil looks down from [the] north, and a great destruction.
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah the king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Jehoash, two years {before} the earthquake.
Matthew 2:5-6
So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,