2Sa 14:2, 2Ch 20:20, Neh 3:5, 27, Jer 6:1, Amo 1:1 | ESV | STEP | And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments . Do not anoint yourself with oil , but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead .

2 Samuel 14:2

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

2 Chronicles 20:20

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

Nehemiah 3:5

5 And next to them ^ethe Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord. ^{▼▼Or lords}

Nehemiah 3:27

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

Jeremiah 6:1

Impending Disaster for Jerusalem

1 Flee for safety, ^hO people of Benjamin,
from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in ⁱTekoa,
and raise a signal on ^jBeth-haccherem,
for disaster looms ^kout of the north,
and great destruction.

Amos 1:1

1 The words of Amos, who was among the ^lshepherds ^{▼▼Or sheep breeders} of ⁿTekoa, which he saw concerning Israel ^oin the days of ^pUzziah king of Judah and in the days of ^qJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years ^{▼▼Or during two years} before ^sthe earthquake.