# Amos 1:4

> So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael
to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

— Amos 1:4, Berean Standard Bible

## 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 8:7-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/8/7
- 2 Kings 13:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/13/3
- 2 Kings 13:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/13/25
- Jeremiah 49:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/27
- 2 Kings 6:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/6/24
- Jeremiah 17:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/17/27

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).