So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-hacch
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “
Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD
Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall