Amos 1:6
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Gaza, Edom
- WHEN
- c. 760 BC
ON THE MAP
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
- 2 Chronicles 28:18 The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo…
- Amos 1:11 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion;…
- Obadiah 1:11 On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
- 1 Samuel 6:17 As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
- Amos 1:9 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke…
- Isaiah 14:29-31 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg. …
- Jeremiah 47:4-5 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from…
- Ezekiel 35:5 Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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