# Amos 1:7

> So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza,
to consume its citadels.

— Amos 1:7, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

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

## 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

- Zephaniah 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zephaniah/2/4
- 2 Kings 18:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/8
- Jeremiah 47:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/47/1
- Deuteronomy 32:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/32/35
- Deuteronomy 32:41-43 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/32/41
- 2 Chronicles 26:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/26/6
- Psalms 75:7-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/75/7
- Psalms 94:1-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/94/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).