Tekoa
A place in the Bible
The town of the prophet Amos, who was a shepherd. In the Douay-Rheims it is called “Thecue.”
What happened here
- Amos: the prophet Amos was a shepherd from Tekoa.
- “I was no prophet”: Amos said he was not a prophet by trade, but a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees. The Lord took him from following the flock and sent him to prophesy.
Where it appears in the Bible
Amos 1:1; Amos 7:14-15
What the Bible says
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among herdsmen of Thecua: which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel two years before the earthquake.
Amos 7:14-15
14And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs. 15And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Amos 1:1; Amos 7:14-15