Tekoa or Tekoah = "a stockade" town founded by Ashur son of Hezron in the hill country of Judah near Hebron rebuilt by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos Also named: te.qo.i (תְּקוֹעִי "Tekoa" H8621)
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te.qo.a · Tekoa · Hebrew/Aramaic
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2 Samuel 14:2 · תְּק֔וֹעָהSo 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 long time.1 Chronicles 2:24 · תְקֽוֹעַ׃After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.1 Chronicles 4:5 · תְק֔וֹעַAshhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.2 Chronicles 11:6 · תְּקֽוֹעַ׃He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,2 Chronicles 20:20 · תְּק֑וֹעַEarly 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; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”Jeremiah 6:1 · וּבִתְק֙וֹעַ֙“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.Amos 1:1 · מִתְּק֑וֹעַThese 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 Israel.