Bible Dictionary: Tekoah

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Pitching of tents; fastening down, a town of Judah, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem, and visible from the city. From this place Joab procured a "wise woman," who pretended to be in great affliction, and skilfully made her case known to David. Her address to the king was in the form of an apologue, similar to that of Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1-6). The object of Joab was, by the intervention of this woman, to induce David to bring back Absalom to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 14:2, 4, 9).

This was also the birth-place of the prophet Amos (1:1).

It is now the village of Teku'a, on the top of a hill among ruins, 5 miles south of Bethlehem, and close to Beth-haccerem ("Herod's mountain").

Strong's Hebrew

8620. Teqoa -- a city in Judah
... Tekoa, Tekoah. A form of taqowa'; Tekoa, a place in Palestine -- Tekoa, Tekoah.
see HEBREW taqowa'. 8619, 8620. Teqoa. 8621 . Strong's Numbers.
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8621. Teqoi -- inhab. of Tekoa
... Tekoite. Or Tqo iy {tek-o-ee'}; patronymically from Tqowa'; a Tekoite or inhabitant
of Tekoah -- Tekoite. see HEBREW Tqowa'. 8620, 8621. Teqoi or Teqoi. 8622 ...
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Library

Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel
... kings the praises of Israel's maidens stir the jealousy of Saul; Abigail knows how
to avert the danger of her husband's folly; the wise woman of Tekoah is sent ...
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The Prophet Amos.
... i.1: "Who was among the herdmen of Tekoah." If there existed no other statement
than this, there might be truth in the remark made by many interpreters, that ...
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Was Christ's a Real Death?
... [794] In his autobiography, Section 75. He had been sent, with a troop of Roman
horse, to the village of Tekoah, four or five hours distant, to reconnoitre. ...
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In Judaea
... fanciful. [17] Such as Tekoah, Engedi, Ziph, Maon, and Beersheba, which
gave their names to districts in the wilderness of Judaea. ...
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Thesaurus

Tekoah (3 Occurrences)
... haccerem ("Herod's mountain"). Multi-Version Concordance Tekoah (3 Occurrences).
2 Samuel 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched ...
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Tekoa (12 Occurrences)
... te-ko'-a (teqoa', or teqo`ah; Thekoe; the King James Version Tekoah; one of David's
mighty men, "Ira the son of Ikkesh," is called a Tekoite, te-ko'-it (teqo`i ...
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Teko'a (11 Occurrences)
Teko'a. Tekoa, Teko'a. Tekoah . Multi-Version Concordance Teko'a (11
Occurrences). 2 ... RSV). Tekoa, Teko'a. Tekoah . Reference Bible.
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Feign (11 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 14:2 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 ...
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Tekoite (3 Occurrences)

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Etam (5 Occurrences)
... (2.) A city of Judah, fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:6). It was near Bethlehem
and Tekoah, and some distance apparently to the north of (1). It seems ...
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Absalom (93 Occurrences)
... As the result of a stratagem carried out by a woman of Tekoah, Joab received
David's sanction to invite Absalom back to Jerusalem. ...
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Apparel (38 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 14:2 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 ...
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Sea (4178 Occurrences)
... averaging a half a mile in width, while opposite Wady edition Derajeh and Wady Husasa
(which descend from Bethlehem and the wilderness of Tekoah) the width is ...
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Innocent (97 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 14:9 And the woman of Tekoah saith unto the king, 'On me, my lord, O king,
'is' the iniquity, and on the house of my father; and the king and his ...
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Bible Concordance

Tekoah (3 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 14:2 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:
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Samuel 14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Samuel 14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Obsequiousness: The Woman of Tekoah

Tekoah

Tekoah: A City in the Territory of Judah

Tekoah: Desert of

Tekoah: Home of Amos

Tekoah: Home of the Woman Who Interceded for Absalom

Tekoah: People of, Work on the New Wall of Jerusalem

Tekoah: Prophecy Concerning

Tekoah: Rebuilt by Rehoboam

Related Terms

Tekoa (12 Occurrences)