2 Chronicles 11:6
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And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue,

2 Chronicles 17:7 And in the third year of his reign, he sent of his princes Benhail, and Abdias, and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Micheas, to teach in the cites of Juda:

) to distinguish it from another Bethlehem in Zebulun, (

Joshua 19:15 And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Jedala and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.

) 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 So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite, of Bethlehem Juda, before mentioned, whose name was Isai, who had eight sons, and was an old man in the days of Saul, and of great age among men.

Matthew 2:5,6 But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet: . . .

Etam

Judges 15:8 And 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.

1 Chronicles 4:32 Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.

Tekoa

2 Chronicles 20:20 And 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.

2 Samuel 14:2 Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead.

Nehemiah 3:5,27 And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. . . .

Jeremiah 6:1 Strengthen 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.

Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Thecua: which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel two years before the earthquake.

Context
Rehoboam Fortifies Judah
5And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda. 6And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue,7And Bethsur, and Socho, and Odollam,…
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:2
Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead.

2 Chronicles 11:5
And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda.

2 Chronicles 11:7
And Bethsur, and Socho, and Odollam,

Lexicon
He built up
וַיִּ֧בֶן (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

Bethlehem,
לֶ֛חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1035: Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun

Etam,
עֵיטָ֖ם (‘ê·ṭām)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5862: Etam -- three places in Israel

Tekoa,
תְּקֽוֹעַ׃ (tə·qō·w·a‘)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8620: Tekoa -- a city in Judah


Additional Translations
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

And he built Bethleem, and Aetan and Thecoe,

And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,
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