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2 Chronicles 11:6

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

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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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11:5¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

11:6He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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11:7And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

11:8And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

11:9And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

11:10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

11:11And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

11:12And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

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