Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
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 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,
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 built cities for defense in Judah. 6 He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 35:19
Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Judges 15:8
He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. And in the days of Saul the man was old among men.
2 Samuel 14:2
Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
1 Chronicles 4:32
Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
2 Chronicles 20:20
They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, so you shall be established. Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper."
Nehemiah 3:5
Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their lord.
Nehemiah 3:27
After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
Jeremiah 6:1
"Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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
And they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written through the prophet,