# Amos 1:8

> I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod
and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn My hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”
says the Lord GOD.

— Amos 1:8, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Ashkelon** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ashkelon
- **Ashdod** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ashdod
- **Ekron** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ekron

## 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

- Ezekiel 25:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/25/16
- Isaiah 14:29-31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/14/29
- Jeremiah 47:4-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/47/4
- Zephaniah 2:4-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zephaniah/2/4
- 2 Chronicles 26:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/26/6
- Psalms 81:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/81/14
- Isaiah 20:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/20/1
- Zechariah 9:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/9/6

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).