2 Chronicles 11:6

Literal Standard Version

indeed, he builds 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,

Bible in Basic English
He was the builder of 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

¹And Rehoboam comes to Jerusalem, and assembles the house of Judah and Benjamin—one hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors—to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam. ²And a word of YHWH is to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying, ³"Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, ⁴Thus said YHWH: You do not go up nor fight with your brothers! Let each return to his house, for this thing has been from Me"; and they hear the words of YHWH, and turn back from going against Jeroboam. ⁵And Rehoboam dwells in Jerusalem, and builds cities for a bulwark in Judah, ⁶indeed, he builds Beth-Lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,⁷and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam, ⁸and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, ⁹and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, ¹⁰and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks.

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 YHWH God says, "Behold, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and has also taken from the Tree of Life, and eaten, and lived for all time."

Genesis 6:5
And YHWH sees that the wickedness of man [is] abundant in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [is] only evil every day;

Genesis 8:21
and YHWH smells the refreshing fragrance, and YHWH says to His heart, "I do not continue to disfavor the ground because of man anymore, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I do not continue to strike all living anymore, as I have done;

Genesis 9:19
These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these has all the earth been overspread.

Genesis 11:1
And the whole earth is of one language, and of the same words,

Genesis 11:4
And they say, "Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower with its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth."

Judges 10:14
Go and cry to the gods on which you have fixed; they save you in the time of your tribulation."

1 Kings 18:27
And it comes to pass, at noon, that Elijah mocks at them and says, "Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, and awakes."

Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in your childhood, || And let your heart gladden you in days of your youth, || And walk in the ways of your heart, || And in the sight of your eyes, || And know that for all these, God brings you into judgment.

Luke 1:51
He did powerfully with His arm, || He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

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.