⁶ And he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

⁵ So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:

Judgments on Israel’s Neighbors

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

Impending Destruction from the North

²⁷ After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.

⁵ Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their ^[a]shoulders to ^(A)the work of their Lord.

²⁰ So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: ^(A)Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”

³² And their villages were ^[a]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, “Please pretend to be a mourner, ^(B)and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead.

¹² Now David was ^(A)the son of that ^(B)Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had ^(C)eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul.