6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
6 He built H1129 even Bethlehem, H1035 and Etam, H5862 and Tekoa, H8620
6 He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
6 yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,
6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
6 He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
6 He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
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:
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
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.
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
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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Commentary on 2 Chronicles 11 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 11
We are here going on with the history of Rehoboam.
2Ch 11:1-12
How the ten tribes deserted the house of David we read in the foregoing chapter. They had formerly sat loose to that family (2 Sa. 20:1, 2), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how much it would weaken the common interest and take Israel down from that pitch of glory at which it had arrived in the last reign. But thus the kingdom must be corrected as well as the house of David.
2Ch 11:13-23
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