# Amos 1:5

> I will break down the gates of Damascus;
I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven
and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden.
The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,”
says the LORD.

— Amos 1:5, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Damascus** (Syria · today Damascus) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/damascus
- **Kir 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/kir-1
- **Beth-eden** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/beth-eden
- **Valley of Aven** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/valley-of-aven
- **Syria 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/syria-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 16:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/16/9
- Amos 9:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/9/7
- Jeremiah 51:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/51/30
- Isaiah 43:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/43/14
- Lamentations 2:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/2/9

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).