Amos 1:13
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Gilead 1, Ammon
- WHEN
- c. 760 BC
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WHEN
c. 760 BC
dated by the text itself
Dating by an earthquake assumes the reader knew which one it was.
WHO RULED
- Jeroboam II king of Israel 793-753 BC
- Uzziah king of Judah 792-740 BC
SOURCES
- date — Amos 1:1 dates itself by two simultaneous reigns (Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel) and by an earthquake, two years before it.
- Jeroboam II — 2 Kings 14:23-29; Amos 1:1 and Hosea 1:1 date their own prophecies by his reign; the Samaria ostraca
- Uzziah — 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chronicles 26; Isaiah 6:1, which dates the vision by the year of his death
SEE ALSO
- Ezekiel 25:2-7 “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them. …
- Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Jeremiah 49:1-6 Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their…
- Isaiah 5:8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
- Ezekiel 35:10 Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
- Zephaniah 2:8-9 “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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