KJV King James Version
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
WEB World English Bible
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
ASV American Standard Version
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Words of Amos—who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa—that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking;
Surrounding context — Amos 1
1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
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דִּבְרֵ֣יH1697 · da.varwordעָמ֔וֹסH5986 · a.mosAmosאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichהָיָ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beבַנֹּקְדִ֖יםH5349 · no.qedshepherdמִתְּק֑וֹעַH8620 · te.qo.aTekoaאֲשֶׁר֩H834 · a.sherwhichחָזָ֨הH2372 · cha.zahto seeעַל־H5921 · aluponיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבִּימֵ֣י׀H3117 · yomdayעֻזִיָּ֣הH5818 · uz.ziy.yahUzziahמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָ֗הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוּבִימֵ֞יH3117 · yomdayיָרָבְעָ֤םH3379 · ya.rov.amJeroboamבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childיוֹאָשׁ֙H3101 · yo.ashJoashמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelשְׁנָתַ֖יִםH8141 · sha.nehyearלִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהָרָֽעַשׁ׃H7494 · ra.ashquaking
Cross-references
Zechariah 14:5And ye shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, [and] all the saints with thee.2 Chronicles 26:1-23Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who [was] sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.Amos 7:14Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet’s son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:2 Samuel 14:2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:1 Kings 19:19So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who [was] plowing [with] twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.2 Chronicles 11:6He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,Psalm 78:70-72He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:Jeremiah 1:1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that [were] in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:Isaiah 1:1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah.2 Kings 14:23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, [and reigned] forty and one years.Jeremiah 6:1O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.Matthew 1:8-9And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;Amos 7:9-11And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.Micah 1:1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.Hosea 1:1The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.1 Corinthians 1:27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;2 Kings 14:21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which [was] sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
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