Taxing
The English word now conveys to us more distinctly the notion of a tax or tribute actually
levied; but it appears to have been used in the sixteenth century for the simple assessment of a
subsidy upon the property of a given county, or the registration of the people for the purpose of a
poll-tax. Two distinct registrations, or taxings, are mentioned in the New Testament, both of them
by St. Luke. The first is said to have been the result of an edict of the emperor Augustus, that “all
the world (i.e. the Roman empire) should be taxed,” (Luke 2:1) and is connected by the evangelist
with the name of Cyrenius Quirinus. [Cyrenius] The second and more important, (Acts 6:37) is
distinctly associated, in point of time, with the revolt of Judas of Galilee.
Tebah
(slaughter), eldest of the sons of Nahor by his concubine Reumah. (Genesis 22:24) (B.C. 1872.)
Tebaliah
(purified), third son of Hosah of the children of Merari. (1 Chronicles 26:11) (B.C. 1014.)
Tebeth
[Month]
Tehinnah
(supplication), the father or founder of Ir-nahash, the city of Nahash, and son of Eshton. ( 1
Chronicles 4:12) (B.C. about 1083.)
Teil Tree
[Oak]
Tekoa, Or Tekoah
(a stockade).
•A town in the tribe of Judah. (2 Chronicles 11:6) on the range of hills which rise near Hebron and
stretch eastward toward the Dead Sea. Jerome says that Tekoa was six Roman miles from
Bethlehem, and that as he wrote he had that village daily before his eyes. The “wise woman”
whom Joab employed to effect a reconciliation between David and Absalom was obtained from
this place. (2 Samuel 14:2) Here also Ira the son of Ikkesh, one of David’s thirty, “the mighty
men,” was born, and was called on that account “the Tekoite,” (2 Samuel 23:26) It was one of the
places which Rehoboam fortified, at the beginning of his reign, as a defence against invasion from
the south. (2 Chronicles 11:6) Some of the people from Tekoa took part in building the walls of
Jerusalem, after the return from the captivity. (Nehemiah 3:6,27) In (Jeremiah 6:1) the prophet
exclaims, “Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem.” But Tekoa is
chiefly memorable as the birthplace (Amos 7:14) of the prophet Amos. Tekoa is still as Teku’a.
It lies on an elevated hill, which spreads itself out into an irregular plain of moderate extent.
Various ruins exist, such as the walls of houses, cisterns, broken columns and heaps of
building-stones.
•A name occurring in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 2:24; 4:5) as the son of Ashur. There
is little doubt that the town of Tekoa is meant.
Tekoite, The
Ira ben-Ikkesh, one of David’s warriors, is thus designated. (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles
11:28; 27:8) The common people among the Tekoites displayed great activity in the repairs of the
wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:6,27)
Telabib
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