Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And 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
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 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 built cities for defense in Judah. 6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 and Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
Judges 15:8
And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and lived in the top of the rock Etam.
1 Samuel 17:12
And David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah named Jesse. And to him were eight sons. And the man was old among men in the days of Saul.
2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoah and brought a wise woman from there. And he said to her, Please pretend yourself to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil. But be like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
1 Chronicles 4:32
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and 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 as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem. Believe in Jehovah your God, and so you shall be established. Believe His prophets, and so you shall be blessed.
Nehemiah 3:5
And next to them the Tekoites repaired. But their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.
Nehemiah 3:27
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, opposite the great tower that sticks out, even to the wall of Ophel.
Jeremiah 6:1
O sons of Benjamin, take refuge out of the midst of Jerusalem. And blow the ram's horn in Tekoa, and set up a signal-fire over Beth-haccerem; for evil appears out of the north, and great ruin.
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa; the Word 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
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea. For so it is written by the prophet,