Place
Tekoa
Identified location. The site is known today and most scholars agree on it.
A town on the edge of the Judean wilderness. Jehoshaphat led his army out into the wilderness of Tekoa, and Amos was "among the herdmen of Tekoa" before he prophesied.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
- Amos, Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).