Atomic Bible

Town in Judah, home of the prophet Amos

Tekoa

Named in 14 verses across 6 books, first in 2 Samuel 14:2.

תְּקוֹעַTekoa

תְּקוֹעִיTekoite

Also called Tekoite.

The name means “trumpet; that is confirmed.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

About Tekoa Written by AI

Tekoa was a town in the hill country of Judah, located about 10 miles south of Jerusalem. It is first mentioned as the birthplace of Ira, one of David's mighty men (2Sam. 23:26; 1Chr. 11:28). Tekoa was also the hometown of the wise woman who, at Joab's request, persuaded David to reconcile with his son Absalom (2Sam. 14:2-9). During the reign of Rehoboam, Tekoa was fortified as part of Judah's defense system (2Chr. 11:6). The town was the birthplace of the prophet Amos, who identified himself as "one of the shepherds of Tekoa" (Amo.1.1). Amos's rural background and proximity to the wilderness shaped his prophetic message. In the time of Jehoshaphat, the people of Judah gathered in the wilderness of Tekoa to seek God's help against their enemies (2Chr. 20:20). The town was also involved in the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls during the time of Nehemiah (Neh. 3:5, 27). Jeremiah mentioned Tekoa in his prophecy, urging the people to flee and sound the trumpet of warning (Jer. 6:1).

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

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Where the Bible names it

  1. 2 Samuel 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.

  2. 2 Samuel 14:4

    When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

  3. 2 Samuel 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.”

  4. 2 Samuel 23:26

    Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

  5. 1 Chronicles 2:24

    After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

  6. 1 Chronicles 4:5

    Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

  7. 1 Chronicles 11:28

    Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

  8. 1 Chronicles 27:9

    The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

  9. 2 Chronicles 11:6

    He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

  10. 2 Chronicles 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.”

  11. Nehemiah 3:5

    Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

  12. Nehemiah 3:27

    And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.

  13. Jeremiah 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.

  14. Amos 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.

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.