(no parallel in Kings). The Deliverance

20. Tekoa The modern Teḳu-a, a ruin on a hill 2790 feet above the sea, about six miles south of Beth-lehem. It was an ancient place; 2Ch 11:6; 1 Chronicles 2:24; 2 Samuel 14:2; Amos 1:1. The "wilderness of Tekoa" means that part of the "wilderness of Judah" which was near Tekoa.

Believe … so shall you be established Heb. ha'amînû … tç"âmçnû. Cp. Isaiah 7:9, "If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established." In both places there is a play on the words In the Heb.; "believe" and "be established" representing two voices of the same verb.

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