“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and instal
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,
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
Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assembl
The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the
But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live th
Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a
Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city
Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ki
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar ki
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the
Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I