2 Chronicles 11:6
He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
In Context
5Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
7And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam
Cross References
Genesis 35:19So Rachel came to her end and was put to rest on the road to Ephrath (which is Beth-lehem).
1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.
1 Chronicles 4:3And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
2 Chronicles 20:20And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.
Nehemiah 3:27After him the Tekoites were making good another part, opposite the great tower which comes out, and up to the wall of the Ophel.
Amos 1:1The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa; what he saw about 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 earth-shock.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 11:2-13
Rehoboam Forbidden to Make War. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4 Thus saith the Lord , Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your… Read the whole commentary →