Tekoa
A written article for Tekoa is still to come. Below and alongside: where Tekoa appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Tekoa
Original word
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תְּקוֹעַ tekoa, tekoahH8620
Where Tekoa appears in Scripture
וַיִּשְׁלַח יוֹאָב תְּקוֹעָה וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אִשָּׁה חֲכָמָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ הִֽתְאַבְּלִי-נָא וְלִבְשִׁי-נָא בִגְדֵי-אֵבֶל וְאַל-תָּסוּכִי שֶׁמֶן וְהָיִית כְּאִשָּׁה זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים מִתְאַבֶּלֶת עַל-מֵֽת׃
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:
וְאַחַר מוֹת-חֶצְרוֹן בְּכָלֵב אֶפְרָתָה וְאֵשֶׁת חֶצְרוֹן אֲבִיָּה וַתֵּלֶד לוֹ אֶת-אַשְׁחוּר אֲבִי תְקֽוֹעַ׃
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
וּלְאַשְׁחוּר אֲבִי תְקוֹעַ הָיוּ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים חֶלְאָה וְנַֽעֲרָֽה׃
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
וַיִּבֶן אֶת-בֵּֽית-לֶחֶם וְאֶת-עֵיטָם וְאֶת-תְּקֽוֹעַ׃
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ בַבֹּקֶר וַיֵּֽצְאוּ לְמִדְבַּר תְּקוֹעַ וּבְצֵאתָם עָמַד יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמָעוּנִי יְהוּדָה וְיֹֽשְׁבֵי יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם הַֽאֲמִינוּ בַּֽיהוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם וְתֵאָמֵנוּ הַֽאֲמִינוּ בִנְבִיאָיו וְהַצְלִֽיחוּ׃
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.
הָעִזוּ׀ בְּנֵי בִניָמִן מִקֶּרֶב יְרוּשָׁלִַם וּבִתְקוֹעַ תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר וְעַל-בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם שְׂאוּ מַשְׂאֵת כִּי רָעָה נִשְׁקְפָה מִצָּפוֹן וְשֶׁבֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃
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 Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
דִּבְרֵי עָמוֹס אֲשֶׁר-הָיָה בַנֹּקְדִים מִתְּקוֹעַ אֲשֶׁר חָזָה עַל-יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּימֵי׀ עֻזִּיָּה מֶֽלֶךְ-יְהוּדָה וּבִימֵי יָרָבְעָם בֶּן-יוֹאָשׁ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁנָתַיִם לִפְנֵי הָרָֽעַשׁ׃
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.