Tekoah Tekoa
Morrish Bible Dictionary [1]
City of Judah, probably founded by the preceding. Rehoboam built or fortified it 'for defence.' 2 Chronicles 11:6 . The 'wise woman' Joab employed to speak to the king respecting the return of Absalom was from this city. 2 Samuel 14:2,4,9 . Being built on a hill it was a suitable place for blowing the trumpet in time of danger, as in Jeremiah 6:1 . The prophet Amos was among its herdsmen. Identified with ruins at Tekua, 31 38' N, 35 12' E . The Wilderness OF Tekoa was probably on its east. 2 Chronicles 20:20 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
2 Samuel 12:1-6 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").
