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- Amos did not come from Israel, but from the southern nation of Judah.
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Amos aimed his prophetic message at the northern kingdom of Israel, particularly the cities of Samaria and Bethel. [3] Teqoaʿ is often identified with Teqoaʿ south of Jerusalem, but Gary Rendsburg notes that the Teqoaʿ in question was in the Galilee in the Kingdom of Samaria.
Apr 26, 2024 · Amos did not come from Israel, but from the southern nation of Judah. “Go home to your own country,” was the message of Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, “earn your food there, and work as a prophet” (Amos 7:10–13).
Amos (flourished 8th century bc) was the first Hebrew prophet to have a biblical book named for him. He accurately foretold the destruction of the northern kingdom of Israel (although he did not specify Assyria as the cause) and, as a prophet of doom, anticipated later Old Testament prophets.
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Mar 13, 2022 · Amos was from Judah, but he did his work in the Kingdom of Israel, especially in the cities of Samaria and Bethel. Amos was called to preach in Bethel because the Northern kings had a temple there, famously housing a form of a golden calf, mingling traditions with idolatry, but Amaziah the high priest reported him to king Jeroboam II, and he ...
- Rebecca Denova
Apr 12, 2024 · Amos prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II in Israel and Uzziah in Judah. This would have been around 760 BC, making him a contemporary of Hosea, Joel, and Isaiah. Amos documented his prophecies in a book bearing his name. He dates his book of prophecy “two years before the earthquake.”.
Despite the fact that he lived in the southern kingdom of Judah, God sent him as His prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel during the reigns of Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam II of Israel. Amos probably traveled to Bethel to give these prophecies around 760-754 B.C., a few years before Jeroboam II’s death.
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Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer (Amos 7:14) who lived right near the border between northern Israel and southern Judah. The north had seized its independence about 150 years earlier (1 Kgs. 12) and was currently being ruled by Jeroboam II, a successful military leader.
