6 Thus he rebuilt Bethʹle·hem+ and Eʹtam+ and Te·koʹa,+

20 And they proceeded to rise early in the morning and go out to the wilderness+ of Te·koʹa.+ And as they went out, Je·hoshʹa·phat stood up and then said: “Hear me, O Judah and YOU inhabitants of Jerusalem!+ Put faith+ in Jehovah YOUR God that YOU may prove yourselves of long duration. Put faith in his prophets+ and so prove successful.”

5 And at their side the Te·koʹites+ did repair work; but their majestic ones+ themselves did not bring the back of their neck into the service of their masters.*

1 The words of Aʹmos, who happened to be among the sheep raisers from Te·koʹa,+ which he visioned concerning Israel+ in the days of Uz·ziʹah+ the king of Judah and in the days of Jer·o·boʹam+ the son of Joʹash,+ the king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.+