# 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 a covenant of brotherhood.

— Amos 1:9, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Tyre** (Phoenicia · today Sur) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/tyre
- **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

- 1 Kings 9:11-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/9/11
- Isaiah 23:1-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/23/1
- Joel 3:4-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/4
- Zechariah 9:2-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/9/2
- 2 Samuel 5:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/5/11
- 2 Chronicles 2:8-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/2/8
- Ezekiel 26:1-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/26/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).