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- The Bible speaks of his prophecies concluding around 765 BC, two years before the earthquake that is talked about in Amos 1:1, "...two years before the earthquake."
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May 24, 2018 · An existing answer provides some bare essentials for a traditional understanding of "Amos's earthquake", that is, the earthquake that came two years after Amos's preaching and therefore (it is often argued) in some way confirmed his ministry.
- What Does Amos Mean by "Restore" in Amos 9:11-15
What is the meaning and implications of "restore" in Amos...
- What Does Amos Mean by "Restore" in Amos 9:11-15
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According to biblical chronology, this quake happened sometime during the first half of the eighth century b.c.e. Amos 1:1 and Zechariah 14:5 reveal that it took place during the reigns of Jeroboam ii of Israel and Uzziah of Judah—two kings whose reigns overlapped for a narrow 14-year window (Jeroboam the earlier king, and Uzziah the latter; 2 King...
At numerous eighth-century b.c.e. site-levels throughout the Levant, archaeologists have found massive amounts of earthquake damage. Taken together, with synchronized dating, the remains correlate to an event that can be pinpointed to around 760 b.c.e.Evidence at the sites include tilted or collapsed walls, twisted and sunken floors, masonry and st...
We do have data from later earthquakes that hit the region—although of somewhat lesser intensity. Two intensity-8 earthquakes are known to have occurred on the Dead Sea Transform fault in antiquity—one in c.e. 749, killing 100,000 people; and one in c.e. 526, killing 255,000. And Amos’s earthquake is estimated as another intensity level higher! Wor...
The Bible speaks of his prophecies concluding around 765 BC, two years before the earthquake that is talked about in Amos 1:1, "...two years before the earthquake."
Apr 30, 2024 · He dates his book to “two years before the earthquake” (Amos 1:1). Amos was distinctive as a prophet for a couple reasons. First, by his own testimony he was “neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet” when the Lord called him into service (Amos 7:14).
Amos of Tekoa delivered a speech at the Temple of the Golden Calf in the city of Bethel in the northern kingdom of Israel just "two years before the earthquake" , in the middle of eighth century BC when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II was king of Israel.
The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. New Living Translation. This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah.
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Amos prophesied “two years before the earthquake” (Amos 1:1; see also Zechariah 14:5), just before the halfway point of the eighth century BC, during the reigns of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel. Their reigns overlapped for fifteen years, from 767 BC to 753 BC.
