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They are told to send the alarm into the country, and to do what they can for their own safety: Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, a city which lay twelve miles north from Jerusalem.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Who would have thought, for instance, that Hosea's domestic life would illumine his understanding of the love of God; or that Amos, a keeper of sycamore trees in the village of Tekoa, would be the one to redefine God as justice?
John Shelby Spong: Why We Must Reclaim The Bible From Fundamentalists John Shelby Spong 2011
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Israeli building crews have already resumed work the day after the settlement freeze expired at several settlements, such as Ariel, Oranit, Tekoa and Adam.
Jamal Dajani: The Making of a Virtual Palestinian State Jamal Dajani 2010
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Israeli building crews have already resumed work the day after the settlement freeze expired at several settlements, such as Ariel, Oranit, Tekoa and Adam.
Jamal Dajani: The Making of a Virtual Palestinian State Jamal Dajani 2010
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He instructs (forces? — her willingness is never stated) the wise woman of Tekoa to act the role of a widowed mother of two sons, one of whom has murdered the other.
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Tekoa — a Judean hill country village ten miles south of Jerusalem — was home to one of two women designated as “wise,” both appearing in 2 Samuel.
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But on this special Compassionate Listening pilgrimage some of the most trying circumstances were also the most telling: Meeting the spokesperson for the Jewish Community in Hebron, David Wilder, Bethlehem City Councilman and member of Hamas Salah Shouky, the leaders of Al Aroub Refugee Camp and Rabbi Menachem Froman of the settlement of Tekoa who developed a proposal for a peace treaty last year with Hamas.
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Palestinians from the village of Tuqu 'on Tuesday helped rescue a Jewish resident of the nearby settlement of Tekoa and her four-month-old son after their ...
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The verse depicts the woman as living in Tekoa, a fact which the Rabbis find highly significant.
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The midrash includes the wise woman from Tekoa among the twenty-three truly upright and righteous women who came out of Israel (Midrash Tadshe, Ozar ha-Midrashim [Eisenstein], 474).
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