King James Bible Dictionary

Pitching of tents; fastening down, a town of Judah, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem, and visible from the city. From this place Joab procured a "wise woman," who pretended to be in great affliction, and skilfully made her case known to David. Her address to the king was in the form of an apologue, similar to that of Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1-6). The object of Joab was, by the intervention of this woman, to induce David to bring back Absalom to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 14:2, 4, 9).

This was also the birth-place of the prophet Amos (1:1).

It is now the village of Teku'a, on the top of a hill among ruins, 5 miles south of Bethlehem, and close to Beth-haccerem ("Herod's mountain").

Called also Tekoa.

A city in 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
Tekoa