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 Tekoa - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The wilderness of Tekoa is mentioned (2 Chronicles 20:20) as the extreme edge of the inhabited area; here Jehoshaphat took counsel before advancing into the wilderness of Judea to confront the Ammonites and Moabites.
A Tekoa is mentioned as a son of Ashhur (1 Chronicles 2:24; 4:5).
Josephus calls Tekoa a village in his day (Vita, 75), as does Jerome who describes it as 12 miles from Jerusalem and visible from Bethlehem; he says the tomb of the prophet Amos was there (Commentary on Jeremiah, VI, 1).
www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T8639   (679 words)

  
 Tekoa - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
TEKOA [Tekoa] or Tekoah, ancient town, S ancient Palestine, S of Bethlehem.
Tekoa, an island of Jewish harmony in the West
Tekoa is one of five communities outside path of barrier
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-tekoa.html   (176 words)

  
 Tekoa (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tekoa is a city in the Hebrew Bible
Tekoa is an Israeli settlement located in the vicinity of the historical site.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /?title=Tekoah_Tekoa   (90 words)

  
 Blue Letter Bible - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Tekoah was a city of Judah, situated, according to Eusebius and Jerome, twelve miles south of Jerusalem.
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.
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.
www.blueletterbible.org /tsk_b/2Sa/14/2.html   (452 words)

  
 2 Samuel 14:2 Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman
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 don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead: (ASV)
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead; (DBY)
bible.cc /2_samuel/14-2.htm   (378 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Tekoa (Ancient History, Middle East) - Encyclopedia
Tekoa or Tekoah[both: tEkO´u] Pronunciation Key, ancient town, S Palestine, S of Bethlehem.
It is on the edge of a desolate country; to the east the land drops off precipitously to the Dead Sea.
The wilderness of Tekoa was the home of Amos.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tekoa.html   (147 words)

  
 2 Samuel 14:9 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord
And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.
And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, Upon me, my lord, O king, be the iniquity, and upon my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.
And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
bible.cc /2_samuel/14-9.htm   (366 words)

  
 Nave's Topical Bible Online: Verses on TEKOAH
2 Samuel 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
2 Samuel 14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
Amos 1:1 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.
www.naves-topical-bible.com /TEKOAH.html   (489 words)

  
 Search Results for "Tekoa"
Tekoa, or Tekoah (both: teko´) (KEY), ancient town, S Palestine, S of Bethlehem.
It is on the edge of a desolate country; to the east the land drops off precipitously...
...Ashur, in the Bible, (ash´r) (KEY), in the Bible, founder of Tekoa....
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Tekoa   (118 words)

  
 From The Inside Looking Out
So Tuqu' had been a lively population center, while for most of human history, Israeli Tekoa just across a wadi from Tuqu' had been a place where sheep (and goats and camels) could safely graze.
Agricultural and pre-pottery artifacts dating from as early as 8000 years before Christ have been found, clearly verifying ancient Tuqu' as one of the earliest and continuous human communities to have sprouted in the region.
He did not stop until he reached Bethel, the capital of the northern Hebrew Kingdom of Israel, where, he persistently and publicly proclaimed that God had told him to warn the Israelites of terrible times ahead, because of their failure to let justice flow like a stream and righteousness like an every flowing river.
www.cpt.org /hebron/levin/levin_25.htm   (1239 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 and Absalom was obtained from this place.
(Nehemiah 3:6,27) In (Jeremiah 6:1) the prophet exclaims, "Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem." But Tekoa is chiefly memorable as the birthplace (Amos 7:14) of the prophet Amos.
bible.crosswalk.com /Dictionaries/SmithsBibleDictionary/smt.cgi?number=T4232   (294 words)

  
 Tekoa - Bible concordance entry
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Some authorities interpret these passages to mean that Ashurcolonized the town of Tekoah
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.Some authorities interpret these passages to mean that Ashur colonized the town of Tekoah -2.
TEKOA.See TEKOAH ¯T0004846 $$T0004846 \TEKOAH\ -Also called TEKOA -A city in the territory of Judah #2Ch 11:6
-See TEKOA ¯T0004845 $$T0004847 \TEL-ABIB\ -Residence of Jewish captives in Babylonia #Eze 3:15
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