It was made a ???city for defense??? by Rehoboam (2Ch_11:6), and may have in fact received its name from its remote and exposed position, for the stem of which the word is a derivative is of frequent occurrence in the sense of sounding an alarm with the trumpet: e.g. ???Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem??? (Jer_6:1 the King James Version).