Tekoa
Now Khirbet Teku’a.
location: likely
Named in 7 tagged verses in 4 books, first at 2 Samuel 14:2.
- Kind
- Settlement
- Coordinates
- 31.63° N, 35.21° E
- Nearest
- Netophah 4.0 km
- People
- 6 people
- Events
- 3 events
- Tagged in
- 7 verses
Map
Tekoa is the filled marker at the centre; the 10 nearest places with a page are around it. The position follows OpenBible.info, which grades it a likely location.
People
People named in the same verses as Tekoa, most often first.
Events
3 events told in verses that name Tekoa, in the order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).
- 1054 BCReign of David3 shared verses
- 787 BCProphecies of Amos1 shared verse
- 627 BCProphecies of Jeremiah1 shared verse
Mentions
7 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.
Counts are verses tagged with this place in Theographic. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 7 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
2 Samuel3 verses
- 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
- 14:4
When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
- 14:9
But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
2 Chronicles2 verses
- 11:6
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- 20:20
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
Jeremiah1 verse
- 6:1
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
Amos1 verse
- 1:1
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
Nearby
The 10 places with a page nearest to Tekoa, by straight-line distance.
- Netophah4.0 km
- Valley of Beracah4.5 km
- Etam6.5 km
- Bethlehem8.0 km
- Bethlehem Ephrathah8.1 km
- Eder8.5 km
- Maarath9.3 km
- Jeruel11.0 km
- Beth-anoth11.2 km
- Geder11.2 km