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Tekoa
Tekoa was a town of Judah south of Bethlehem, on the edge of the Judean wilderness. It was the hometown of the prophet Amos and the home of the "wise woman" who urged David to allow Absalom's return.
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- Wise Woman of TekoaPeople
The wise woman of Tekoa is an unnamed woman who appears in 2 Samuel 14. At Joab's request, she told King David a fabricated story to persuade him, helping to bring the exiled Absalom back to Jerusalem.
- Wise Woman of TekoaPeople
The wise woman of Tekoa is an unnamed woman described as "wise" in 2 Samuel 14 who, at Joab's request, used a fabricated story to persuade King David to allow the exiled Absalom to return to Jerusalem.
- Amos (Prophet)People
Amos was an Old Testament prophet, a herdsman from Tekoa in Judah, who proclaimed God's judgment and justice to the northern kingdom of Israel during the reigns of Uzziah and Jeroboam II. He is the central figure of the Old Testament Book of Amos.
- 2 Samuel 14Bible
2 Samuel 14 is the chapter in which Joab uses a wise woman of Tekoa to persuade David, and Absalom, who had fled to Geshur, returns to Jerusalem and is reconciled with the king after two years.
- Amos 1Bible
Amos 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Amos. It opens with a superscription identifying the book as the prophecy of Amos, a herdsman of Tekoa, and continues with declarations of judgment against the nations surrounding Israel, including Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, and Ammon.
Verses in the King James Version 9, showing 6
- 2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
- 2 Samuel 14:4
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
- 2 Samuel 14:9
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
- 1 Chronicles 2:24
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 4:5
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
- 2 Chronicles 11:6
He built even Beth–lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
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