# 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.

— Amos 1:6, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Gaza** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gaza
- **Edom** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/edom

## 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 Chronicles 28:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/28/18
- Amos 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/11
- Obadiah 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/obadiah/1/11
- 1 Samuel 6:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/6/17
- Amos 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/9
- Isaiah 14:29-31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/14/29
- Jeremiah 47:4-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/47/4
- Ezekiel 35:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/35/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).