Reference: Tekoa
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A fortress city on the edge of the wilderness to which it gave its name (2Ch 20:20). From here came the 'wise woman' sent by Joab to plead for Absalom (4/2/type/acv'>2Sa 14:2,4,8); Rehoboam fortified it (2Ch 11:6), and apparently it continued to be a fortress (Jer 6:1); Amos 'was among the herdmen of Tekoa' (Am 1:1). Tekoa is mentioned also in Septuagint in Jos 15:59, and in the genealogies in 1Ch 4:5-8. The site is now Khurbet Teq
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and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and do not anoint thyself with oil, but be as a woman who has a lon
And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. And Naarah bore for him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. read more. And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. And Hakkoz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in LORD your God, so shall ye be establ
Flee for safety, ye sons 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.
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.