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2 Chronicles 11:6–8

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He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
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From verse 6

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:32Rank 1 from verse 6
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    32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

  2. 1 Samuel 17:12Rank 2 from verse 6
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    12¶ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

  3. 2 Chronicles 20:20Rank 3 from verse 6
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    20¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

  4. 2 Samuel 14:2Rank 4 from verse 6
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    2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

  5. Amos 1:1Rank 5 from verse 6
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    1THE words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

From verse 7

  1. Joshua 15:35Rank 1 from verse 7
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    35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

  2. 1 Samuel 22:1Rank 2 from verse 7
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    1DAVID therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

  3. 2 Samuel 23:13Rank 3 from verse 7
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    13And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

  4. Joshua 12:15Rank 4 from verse 7
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    15The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

  5. Joshua 15:58Rank 5 from verse 7
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    58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

From verse 8

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:1Rank 1 from verse 8
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    1NOW after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

  2. 1 Samuel 23:14Rank 2 from verse 8
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    14And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

  3. 1 Samuel 23:19Rank 3 from verse 8
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    19¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

  4. Joshua 15:24Rank 4 from verse 8
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    24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

  5. Joshua 15:44Rank 5 from verse 8
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    44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:

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2 Chronicles 11:6

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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5¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

6He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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7And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

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8And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

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9And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

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