And Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (which is Bethlehem).

Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. And the man was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.

So they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:

And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the leaders of Judah; for out of you shall come One leading Who will shepherd My people Israel.

And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

And their villages: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan; five cities;

So they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Listen to me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Trust in Jehovah your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.

And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, even as far as the wall of Ophel.

O children of Benjamin, seek refuge out of the midst of Jerusalem. Blow the shofar in Tekoa, and set up a signal-fire in Beth-haccerem; for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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.