Tekoah Tekoa
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Tekoah Tekoa - pitching of tents; fastening down, a town of Judah, about 12\nmiles south of
Jerusalem, and visible from the city. From this\nplace
Joab procured a "wise woman," who pretended to be in great\naffliction, and skilfully made her case known to
David. Her\naddress to the king was in the form of an apologue, similar to\nthat of
Nathan (2 Sam. 12:1-6). The object of Joab was, by the\nintervention of this woman, to induce David to bring back\n
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\nruins, 5 miles south of Bethlehem, and close to Beth-haccerem\n("Herod's mountain").
From
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)