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Rehoboam Fortifies Judah

2 Chronicles 11:6

In 11 translations

BSB
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
KJV
He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
WEB
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
ASV
He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
LSV
indeed, he builds Beth-Lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
YLT
yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,
DBY
And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
DRC
And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue,
GNV
Hee buylt also Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
JPS
He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
LXXE
And he built Bethleem, and Ætan and Thecoe,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּ֧בֶן אֶת־בֵּֽית־לֶ֛חֶם וְאֶת־עֵיטָ֖ם וְאֶת־תְּקֽוֹעַ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Βηθλεὲμ, καὶ Αἰτὰν, καὶ Θεκωὲ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 2:5–6“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be…
  • 2 Chronicles 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld;…
  • 2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a…
  • Amos 1:1These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of…
  • Judges 15:8And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
  • Nehemiah 3:27And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.
  • Nehemiah 3:5Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
  • Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
  • 1 Chronicles 4:32And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
  • 1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
  • Jeremiah 6:1“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

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