Nehemiah 3:5
Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their lord.
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Judges 5:23Curse Meroz, said the angel of the Lord.Curse bitterly its inhabitants,because they did not come to help the Lord,to help the Lord against the mighty.
2 Chronicles 11:6He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they do not know the way of the Lord, nor the law of their God.
Jeremiah 27:2"Thus says the Lord to me: Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck;
Jeremiah 27:12I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, "Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Amos 1:1The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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.
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 →