Where is tekoa in the bible

Colonized by Ashur 1 Chron. So Joab put the words in her mouth. And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. Birthplace and residence of the prophet Amos Amos 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.

Prophecy concerning, Jer. Home of Amos, Amos See: Tekoa. A town in the tribe of Judah. 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 ,27 In Jeremiah the prophet exclaims, "Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem. Tekoa is still as Teku? It lies on an elevated hill, which spreads itself out into an irregular plain of moderate extent. Various ruins exist, such as the walls of houses, cisterns, broken columns and heaps of building-stones.

There is little doubt that the town of Tekoa is meant. Tekoa is still as Teku'a. It lies on an elevated hill, which spreads itself out into an irregular plain of moderate extent. Various ruins exist, such as the walls of houses, cisterns, broken columns and heaps of building-stones. A name occurring in the genealogies of Judah, 1 Chronicles ; as the son of Ashur.

There is little doubt that the town of Tekoa is meant. Pitching of tents; fastening down, a town of Judah, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem, and visible from the city. According to 1 Chronicles and , this place was extant at the time of the Heb.

Certain Tekoites were engaged in wall-building. They were public spirited men, in contrast to their nobles who did not take part in the work. Whether these men were actually of Tekoa, or had adopted the name after settling in the capital, is undeterminable Neh , Tekoa is not mentioned by Ezra as one of the repopulated towns ch.

Rehoboam of the southern kingdom thought Tekoa of sufficient importance to warrant fortification 2 Chron ; intimated by Josephus in Antiq. The place was strategically situated as a military post for the protection of Jerusalem. Tekoa was a city of some prominence in early Christian centuries and in the Middle Ages. In the opening years of the 6th cent.

In the times of the Crusades, many Christians inhabiting Tekoa aided the Franks during the first siege of Jerusalem.