Tekoa, Tekoah
Tekoa, Tekoah
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 Sam. 12:1-6). The object of Joab was, by the intervention of this woman, to induce David to bring back Absalom to Jerusalem (2 Sam. 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”).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Tekoa, Tekoah
[Teko’a] [Teko’ah]
City of Judah, probably founded by the preceding. Rehoboam built or fortified it ‘for defence.’ 2Ch 11:6. The ‘wise woman’ Joab employed to speak to the king respecting the return of Absalom was from this city. 2Sa 14:2; 2Sa 14:4; 2Sa 14:9. Being built on a hill it was a suitable place for blowing the trumpet in time of danger, as in Jer 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. 2Ch 20:20.