THEOSIS2 Chronicles 11:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue,
וַיִּ֧בֶן אֶת־בֵּֽית־לֶ֛חֶם וְאֶת־עֵיטָ֖ם וְאֶת־תְּקֽוֹעַ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 2:5But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:
- Matt 2:6And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.
- 2 Chr 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went out through the desert of Thecua: and as they were marching, Josaphat standing in the midst of them, said: Hear me, ye men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be secure: believe his prophets, and all things shall succeed well.
- Gen 35:19So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.
- Judg 15:8And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.
- Neh 3:27After him the Thecuites built another measure over against, from the great tower that standeth out unto the wall of the temple.
- 1 Chr 4:32Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.
- Jer 6:1Strengthen yourselves, ye sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over Bethacarem: for evil is seen out of the north, and a great destruction.