Tekoa
Ancient site, identified with Khirbet Teku’a.
Placesettlement14 verses
Where was it?
One proposed modern location, with the scholarly support recorded for it.
- Khirbet Teku’a1,000
Name variants
- Tekoa (97)
- Tekoite (22)
- Tekoites (14)
- Tekoah (3)
- Tekoan (2)
- Desert of Tekoa (1)
- Wilderness of Tekoa (1)
References
Topical references
- A city in the territory of Judah — 2 Chronicles 11:6
- Home of the woman who interceded for Absalom — 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 14:4; 2 Samuel 14:9
- Rebuilt by Rehoboam — 2 Chronicles 11:6
- Desert of — 2 Chronicles 20:20
- People of, work on the new wall of Jerusalem — Nehemiah 3:5; Nehemiah 3:27
- Prophecy concerning — Jeremiah 6:1
- Home of Amos — Amos 1:1
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.