Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
as Bethlehem, 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 King James verseion
And he built Bethlehem, and 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 dwelt in Jerusalem, and built strong cities in Judah: 6 as Bethlehem, Etam and Tekoa; 7 Bethzur, Socoh and Adullam;
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 35:19
And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrata which now is called Bethlehem.
Judges 15:8
And he smote them leg and thigh with a mighty plague. And then he went and dwelt in the cave of the rock Etam.
1 Samuel 17:12
And this David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, named Jesse; which Jesse had eight sons, and was an old man in the days of Saul among the people.
2 Samuel 14:2
he sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, "Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel. And anoint not thyself with oil. But be as a woman that had long time mourned for the death of somebody.
1 Chronicles 4:32
And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan, five towns,
2 Chronicles 20:20
And so they arose early in the morning and gat them out unto the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went out Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and the inhabiters of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and so shall ye continue: and believe his prophets and so shall ye prosper."
Nehemiah 3:5
Next unto him builded they of Tekoa. But their great men put not their necks to the service of their lord.
Nehemiah 3:27
After him builded they of Tekoa the other piece over against the great tower, that lieth outward, and unto the wall of Ophel.
Jeremiah 6:1
Come out of Jerusalem, ye strong children of Benjamin! Blow up the trumpets ye Tekoites, set up a token unto Bethhaccherem; for a plague and a great misery peepeth out from the North.
Amos 1:1
These are the sermons that were showed unto Amos, which was one of the shepherds at Tekoa, upon Israel, in the time of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Matthew 2:5-6
And they said unto him, "In Bethlehem in Jewry; for thus it is written by the Prophet,