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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Amos (Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy)

A shepherd and fig farmer from Tekoa in Judah, sent north to prophesy against Israel. He said plainly he was no professional prophet and came from no prophet's family. His book goes after the wealthy who exploited the poor while keeping up empty religious ritual.

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A shepherd and fig farmer from Tekoa in Judah, sent north to prophesy against Israel. He said plainly he was no professional prophet and came from no prophet's family. His book goes after the wealthy who exploited the poor while keeping up empty religious ritual.

Who this is

Amos was a shepherd and fig farmer from Tekoa in Judah who was sent north to prophesy against Israel, insisting he was no professional prophet and had no prophetic family background, just a farmer God pulled off the job. His book condemns Israel's wealthy for exploiting the poor while performing empty religious rituals, and its most quoted line demands that justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. A different Amos is listed simply as an ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy.

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The word

H5986 · G301

Where it appears
  • Amos 1:1
  • Amos 7:8
  • Amos 7:10
  • Amos 7:11
  • Amos 7:12
  • Amos 7:14
  • Amos 8:2

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