He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Parallel translations
- WEB He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- BSB He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- NKJV And he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- NASB He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- NLT He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
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Quick answer
Rehoboam fortifies Bethlehem, Etam, and Tekoa among other cities. These defenses guard the southern kingdom.
Overview
This verse begins a list of cities Rehoboam fortified to protect Judah. Bethlehem, notably, would become the birthplace of the Messiah (Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1). Even in routine administrative detail, the Chronicler traces the preservation of the land and line through which Christ would come.
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- Matt 2:5–6And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
- 1 Sam 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
- Amos 1:1The 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.
- 1 Chr 4:32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
- 2 Chr 20:20And 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.
- Judg 15:8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
- 2 Sam 14:2And 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:
- Jer 6:1O 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 Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
- Neh 3:27After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
- Gen 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
- Neh 3:5And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.
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