And he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper."

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

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

"O you children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem; For disaster appears out of the north, And great destruction.

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders 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.

When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

"Therefore wash yourself and anoint yourself, put on your [best] garment and go down to the threshing floor; [but] do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

And wine [that] makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make [his] face shine, And bread [which] strengthens man's heart.

Let your garments always be white, And let your head lack no oil.

"But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,