Tekoa Tekoah

"Pitching of tents; fastening down, a town of Judah, about 12" "miles south of Jerusalem, and visible from the city. From this" "place Joab procured a "wise woman," who pretended to be in great" "affliction, and skilfully made her case known to David. Her" "address to the king was in the form of an apologue, similar to" "that of Nathan (2 Sam. 12:1-6). The object of Joab was, by the" "intervention of this woman, to induce David to bring back" "Absalom to Jerusalem (2 Sam. 14:2, 4, 9)." "This was also the birth-place of the prophet Amos (1:1). "It is now the village of Teku'a, on the top of a hill among "ruins, 5 miles south of Bethlehem, and close to Beth-haccerem" "("Herod's mountain")."