Nehemiah 3:5
And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Judges 5:23Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men.
2 Chronicles 11:6And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue,
Jeremiah 5:4But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God.
Jeremiah 27:2Thus saith the Lord to me: Make thee bands, and chains: and thou shalt put them on thy neck.
Jeremiah 27:12And I spoke to Sedecias the king of Juda according to all these words, saying: Bend down your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, and his people, and you shall live.
Amos 1:1The words of Amos, who was among herdsmen of Thecua: which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel two years before the earthquake.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 3:2-32
The Rebuilding of the Wall. ( b. c. 445.) 1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. 3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars… Read the whole commentary →