2 Chronicles 11:6

Bible in Basic English

He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Hebrew Names Version
He built Beit-Lechem, and `Etam, and Tekoa,

King James Version
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

English Standard Version
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

New Century Version
He built up the cities of Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

New English Translation
Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Amplified Bible
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

New American Standard Bible
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

World English Bible
He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Hee buylt also Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Berean Standard Bible
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Contemporary English Version
Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Complete Jewish Bible
he built Beit-Lechem, ‘Eitam, T'koa,

Darby Translation
And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Easy-to-Read Version
He repaired the cities of Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

George Lamsa Translation
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David;

Good News Translation
Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Lexham English Bible
He built Bethlehem, Etah, Tekoa,

Literal Translation
And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
namely Bethlee, Etan, Tekoa,

American Standard Version
He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He built vp Bethlehem, & Etam, and Thekoa,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

King James Version (1611)
He built euen Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he built Bethleem, and Ætan and Thecoe,

English Revised Version
He built even Beth–lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and bildide Bethleem, and Ethan, and Thecue, and Bethsur;

Update Bible Version
He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

Webster's Bible Translation
He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

New King James Version
And he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

New Living Translation
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

New Life Bible
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

New Revised Standard
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea he built Bethlehem and Etam, and Tekoa;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue,

Revised Standard Version
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Teko'a,

Young's Literal Translation
yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Contextual Overview

¹ And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam. ² But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying, ³ Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, ⁴ The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam. ⁵ Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah. ⁶ He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa ⁷ And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam ⁸ And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph ⁹ And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah ¹⁰ And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethlehem: Bethlehem, called Bethlehem Judah - Judges 17:7, to distinguish it from another Bethlehem in Zebulun - Joshua 19:15, and also Ephratah - i.e., fruitful and by the Arabs, Bait-el-lahm, is situated on a rising ground on the southern side of a deep and extensive valley, and reclining from e to w not quite six miles s of Jerusalem. Genesis 35:19, 1 Samuel 17:12, Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:6

Etam: Judges 15:8, 1 Chronicles 4:32

Tekoa: 2 Chronicles 20:20, 2 Samuel 14:2, Nehemiah 3:5, Nehemiah 3:27, Jeremiah 6:1, Amos 1:1

Cross-References

Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

Genesis 6:5
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

Genesis 8:21
And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.

Genesis 11:1
And all the earth had one language and one tongue.

Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

Judges 10:14
Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.

1 Kings 18:27
And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.

Ecclesiastes 11:9
Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

Luke 1:51
With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He built even Bethlehem,.... The place of our Lord's birth, about six miles from Jerusalem:

and Etam; another city in the tribe of Judah; see 1 Chronicles 4:32, there was a rock of this name, Judges 15:8 and a fountain from whence waters were conveyed into the pool at Jerusalem, spoken of in Jewish writings b:

and Tekoah; of which place Amos the prophet was, and which was about twelve miles from Jerusalem. Rauwolff c speaks of it as a fortified place now; he says it has a strong and mighty castle, built on a great and high hill.

b Cippi Heb. p. 10. c Travels, par. 3. c. 22. p. 321. Ed. Ray.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Joshua 15:0 and notes at Joshua 15:33-36, notes; Joshua 15:48-51, notes; Joshua 15:58-59, notes.

For Adullam see 1 Samuel 22:1 note. It was in the near neighborhood of Socoh Joshua 15:35; but its site cannot be actually fixed. It was a place of great antiquity Genesis 38:1.