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TEKOA

(Heb. tĕqôaʿ)

A town in the hill country of Judah, fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:6). Tekoa also refers to the wilderness region E of the town (2 Chr. 20:20; cf. 1 Macc. 9:33, where the wilderness was Jonathan’s theater of operations during the Maccabean Revolt). The ancient town, which apparently flourished up to the time of the Crusades, is almost certainly to be located at modem Khirbet Tequʿa (170115), ca. 10 km. (6 mi.) S of Bethlehem (cf. Josh. 15:59a LXX).

One of David’s Mighty Men, Ira son of Ikkesh, came from Tekoa (2 Sam. 23:26; 1 Chr. 27:9), as did the prophet Amos (Amos 1:1). Joab sought the assistance of a wise woman from Tekoa in his attempt to reconcile David with his son Absalom (2 Sam. 14:2), and the inhabitants of Tekoa were among those who rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem after their return from Babylonian exile (Neh. 3:5, 27).

Wade R. Kotter






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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