# Amos 1:3

> This is what the LORD says:
“For three transgressions of Damascus, even four,
I will not revoke My judgment,
because they threshed Gilead
with sledges of iron.

— Amos 1:3, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Damascus** (Syria · today Damascus) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/damascus
- **Gilead 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gilead-1

## 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

- 2 Kings 8:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/8/12
- 2 Kings 10:32-33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/10/32
- Isaiah 8:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/4
- Jeremiah 49:23-27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/23
- Amos 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/9
- Amos 2:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/2/6
- Isaiah 17:1-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/17/1
- Amos 1:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/6

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).