⁶ He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

⁵ They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

1 The words of Amos, who was among the ^(A)shepherds^[a] of ^(B)Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel ^(C)in the days of ^(D)Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of ^(E)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years^[b] before ^(F)the earthquake.

Impending Disaster for Jerusalem

²⁷ After him ^(A)the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

⁵ And next to them ^(A)the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.^[a]

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning and went out into ^(A)the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! ^(B)Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.”

³² And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

² And Joab sent to ^(A)Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. ^(B)Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.