Amos 1:7
So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Gaza
- WHEN
- c. 760 BC
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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
- Zephaniah 2:4 For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
- 2 Kings 18:8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
- Jeremiah 47:1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
- Deuteronomy 32:35 Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Deuteronomy 32:41-43 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. …
- 2 Chronicles 26:6 Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
- Psalms 75:7-8 but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another. …
- Psalms 94:1-5 O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth. …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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