He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
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He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
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He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
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He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 11:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 35:19 Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
- Judges 15:8 He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cave in Etam’s rock.
- 1 Samuel 17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 14:2 Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t 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, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”
- Nehemiah 3:5 Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles didn’t put their necks to the Lord’s work.
- Nehemiah 3:27 After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, opposite 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 middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with 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 They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet, ‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’ ”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Bethzur, and Shocho, and Adullam. All in the…
And Bethzur, and Shocho, and Adullam. All in the tribe of Judah, of which see Jos 15:35.
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ch2 11:8And Gath,.... Which cannot be that Gath which was one of the principalities of the Philistines, but a city in the tribe of Judah; though of it we nowhere else read; unless this is the same with Moreshethgath, Mic 1:14, which is probable, since it follows:
and Mareshah; the birth place of Micah the prophet, Mic 1:1,
and Ziph; there were two cities of this name in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:24.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain See Josh. 15 and notes at Jos 15:33-36, notes;…
See Josh. 15 and notes at Jos 15:33-36, notes; Jos 15:48-51, notes; Jos 15:58-59, notes.
For Adullam see 1Sa 22:1 note. It was in the near neighborhood of Socoh Jos 15:35; but its site cannot be actually fixed. It was a place of great antiquity Gen 38:1.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Etam, famous for fine waters and gardens, (Josephus, [Antiquities?]…
Etam, famous for fine waters and gardens, (Josephus, [Antiquities?] viii. 2.) about ten miles from Jerusalem, on the road to Hebron. It was fortified against the inroads of Simeon and Dan. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. Beth-lehem — The city of David and of…
6. Beth-lehem — The city of David and of Christ. See on Rth_1:1; Mat_2:1.
Etam — Identified by Dr. Robinson with the ruined village Urtas, about a mile south of Beth-lehem. Here he found “traces of an ancient site — the foundations of a square tower, a low thick wall of large squared stones, rocks hewn and scarped, and the like.” Tobler, however, identifies Etam with Ain Attan, a little-south-west of Urtas. Comp. note on Jdg_15:8.
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Tekoa — Twelve miles south of Jerusalem. See on 2Sa_14:2. All three of these places are mentioned in the Septuagint version of Jos_15:59, but are wanting in the Hebrew text.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. Etam] Probably represented by some ruins a little…
6. Etam] Probably represented by some ruins a little to the S.W. of Beth-lehem, by which is a spring called Ain ‘Atân. Cp. 1Ch_4:3 Bädeker, p. 132.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) He built even.—And he built—i.e., fortified.
(6) He built even.—And he built—i.e., fortified.
Beth-lehem.—Beit-lahm, on a rocky eminence, two hours south of Jerusalem (Gen_35:19; Mic_5:2; Mat_2:6). The birthplace of David and of Christ.
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Etam.—Ain Attân; different from the place mentioned in 1Ch_4:32 and Jdg_15:8, which lay in Simeonite territory.
Tekoa.—Teku’a; ruins on a hill two hours south of Bethlehem. (See Jos_15:59, Note.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Bethlehem. This was a case not of actual new…
Bethlehem. This was a case not of actual new building of a city, but of restoring and strengthening it. Bethlehem, originally Ephrath, (Gen_35:16 Gen_48:7) was one of the very oldest towns existent in Jacob"s time. It was not called Bethlehem till long after the settlement of the tribes. It was six miles from Jerusalem, on the east of the road to Hebron. Etam. A place near Bethlehem 1Ch_4:3, 1Ch_4:4, not 32; Septuagint of; (Jos_15:60) possibly the resort of Samson after his revenge on the Philistines. (Jud_1:15:8, 11) It was not the Etam mentioned as belonging to Simeon. (1Ch_4:32) Tekoa . According to Jerome, as also Eusebius, six Roman miles from Bethlehem, and nine from Jerusalem, or else, possibly by another road, twelve (Jerome"s "Pro-oemium in Amos," and his "Onomasticon"). It is absent from the Hebrew catalogue of Judah towns, (Jos_15:49) but is in the Septuagint Version of it. It was the place of the "wise woman" of 2Sa_14:2.
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