# 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.

— Amos 1:13, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Gilead 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gilead-1
- **Ammon** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ammon

## When

- c. 760 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 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.

## Who ruled

- **Jeroboam II**, king of Israel, 793-753 BC · Source: 2 Kings 14:23-29; Amos 1:1 and Hosea 1:1 date their own prophecies by his reign; the Samaria ostraca
- **Uzziah**, king of Judah, 792-740 BC · Source: 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 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/25/2
- Hosea 13:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/13/16
- Jeremiah 49:1-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/1
- Isaiah 5:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/5/8
- Ezekiel 35:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/35/10
- Zephaniah 2:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zephaniah/2/8

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/13
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).