Tekoa
te-ko'-a (teqoa', or teqo`ah; Thekoe; the King James Version
Tekoah; one of David's mighty men, "Ira the son of Ikkesh,"
is called a Tekoite, te-ko'-it (teqo`i; 2 Sam 23:26; 1 Ch
11:28; 27:9; the "woman of Tekoa" [2 Sam 14:2] is in Hebrew
teqo`ith; in Neh 3:5 mention is made of certain Tekoites,
te-ko'its teqo'im, who repaired part of the wall...
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1. Son of Ashur
1Ch 2:24; 4:5
Some authorities interpret these passages to mean that
Ashur
colonized the town of Tekoah
-2. TEKOA
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(a stockade).
1. A town in the tribe of Judah. 2Ch 11:6 on the
range of hills which rise near Hebron and stretch eastward
toward the Dead Sea. Jerome says that Tekoa was six Roman
miles from Bethlehem, and that as he wrote he had that
village daily before his eyes. The "wise woman" whom Joab
employed to effect a reconciliation between David a...
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pitching of tents; fastening down, a town of Judah, about
12
miles south of Jerusalem, and visible from the city.
From this
place Joab procured a "wise woman," who pretended to
be in great
affliction, and skilfully made her case known to
David. Her
address to the king was in the form of an apologue,
similar to
that of Nathan (2 Sam. 12:1-...
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2 Samuel 14:2. A town of Judah (2 Chronicles 11:6). Six
Roman miles from Bethlehem, (to the S.E.,) which was six
miles S. of Jerusalem. Tekoa was thus 12 from Jerusalem
(Eusebius), but only nine by a shorter route (Jerome). The
wise woman whom Joab suborned to persuade David to restore
Absalom belonged to Tekoa (2 Samuel 14). Rehoboam fortifie...
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The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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....
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O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of
the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set
up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of
the north, and great destruction....
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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 the LORD your God, so shall ye be established;
believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper....
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And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah
Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa....
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