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The Book of Amos is the third of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament (Tanakh) and the second in the Greek Septuagint tradition. [1] According to the Bible, Amos was an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, [2] and was active c. 750 BC during the reign of Jeroboam II [2] (788–747 BC) of Samaria (Northern Israel), [3] while Uzziah was King of Judah.
Amos (/ ˈ eɪ m ə s /; Hebrew: עָמוֹס – ʿĀmōs) was one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament.According to the Bible, Amos was the older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah and was active c. 760–755 BC during the rule of kings Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah of Kingdom of Judah and is portrayed as being from the southern Kingdom of Judah yet ...
Amos 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Amos in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Amos , and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets .
The Twelve Minor Prophets (Hebrew: שנים עשר, Shneim Asar; Imperial Aramaic: תרי עשר, Trei Asar, "Twelve"; Ancient Greek: δωδεκαπρόφητον, "the Twelve Prophets"), or the Book of the Twelve, is a collection of prophetic books, written between about the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, which are in both the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Old Testament.
Amos 5 is the fifth chapter of the Book of Amos in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the Hebrew Bible it is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets .
[14] The Book of Kings condemns Jeroboam for doing "evil in the eyes of the Lord", meaning both the oppression of the poor and his continuing support of the cult centres of Dan and Bethel, in opposition to the temple in Jerusalem. He was allowed to reign for 41 years because he protected the prophet Amos. [15]
John Amos’s cause of death has been confirmed, just over a month after he died on August 21 aged 84. The Good Times actor died from congestive heart failure at a Los Angeles hospital, according ...
Book of Amos: first half of the 8th century BCE [68] Book of Obadiah: around the time of the fall of Jerusalem, 586 BCE [25] Book of Jonah: From Persian or Hellenistic period, no later than 2nd century BCE [41] Book of Micah: c. 750–700 BCE [69] Book of Nahum: an "oracle concerning Nineveh", the Assyrian city destroyed in 612 BCE [70]