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Amos in Wikipedia

(Hebrew:עמוס), is a minor prophet in the Old Testament, and the author of the Book of Amos. The book of Amos records that years after Amos received the visions contained therein, (1:1 ). Josephus, the Jewish historian, believed that the earthquake happened at the same time as Uzziah's seizure of the role of High Priest and his subsequent bout ...

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Amos Scripture - Amos 7:8

And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:...

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Amos Scripture - Amos 7:10

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words....

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Amos in Naves Topical Bible

A prophet Am 1:1 -Forbidden to prophesy in Israel Am 7:10-17 -Vision of Am 8:2...

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Amos Scripture - Amos 7:12

Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:...

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Amos in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(burden), native of Tekoa in Judah, about six miles south of Bethlehem, originally a shepherd and dresser of sycamore trees, who was called by God s Spirit to be a prophet, although not trained in any of the regular prophetic schools. Am 1:1; 7:14,15 He travelled from Judah into the northern kingdom of Israel or Ephraim, and there exercised hi...

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Amos Scripture - Amos 8:2

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more....

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Amos in Easton's Bible Dictionary

borne; a burden, one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a native of Tekota, the modern Tekua, a town about 12 miles south-east of Bethlehem. He was a man of humble birth, neither a "prophet nor a prophet's son," but "an herdman and a dresser of sycomore trees," R.V. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and was contemporary...

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Amos in Hitchcock's Bible Names

loading; weighty...

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Amos in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("a burden".) Of Tekoah, in Judah, six miles S.E. of Bethlehem. A shepherd (probably owning flocks) and dresser of sycamore fig trees; specially called of the Lord to prophesy, though not educated in the prophets' schools (Amos 1:1; Amos 7:14-15). These personal notices occur only as connected with the discharge of his prophetic function; so e...

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