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Tekoa or Tekoah = "a stockade"
a Judaite, son of Ashur and grandson of Hezron
a town in the hill country of Judah near Hebron built by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos
a wilderness area where king Jehoshaphat of Judah defeated the people of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir
Θεκωε (also —); modern Tekû'a, approximately 5 miles south of Bethlehem; see RobBR i. 486 f. BuhlG 157 f. TaylorHast. DB TEKOA GASmTwelve Proph. i.74 f. DrAmos 1:1.
Strong's Number H8620 matches the Hebrew תְּקוֹעַ (tᵊqôaʿ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses
in the WLC Hebrew.
So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
After Hezron’s death in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore[fn] Ashhur to him. He was the father of Tekoa.
In the morning they got up early and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa. As they were about to go out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe in his prophets, and you will succeed.”
“Run for cover
out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites.
Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa;
raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem,[fn]
for disaster threatens from the north,
even a crushing blow.
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