Amos 6:2

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Notes

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Events

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• Prophecies of Amosc. 788 BC

Related verses

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• Nahum 3:8
  Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
• 2 Kings 18:34
  Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
• Genesis 10:10
  His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
• 2 Chronicles 26:6
  Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
• 1 Samuel 17:4
  Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
• Isaiah 10:9–11
  “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• Isaiah 37:12–13
  Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
• 1 Kings 8:65
  So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
• Ezekiel 31:2–3
  “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
• 1 Samuel 17:23
  And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
• 2 Kings 17:30
  The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
• Isaiah 36:18–19
  Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Parallels

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Luke 6:24–26

Places

Calneh: Ancient Mesopotamian city, possibly Kullania or Kullanhu· Gath: Philistine city; home of Goliath; refuge for David· Hamath: A major city and kingdom in Syria, often mentioned in the Bible· Philistia: An ancient people and region in Canaan

Glossary

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Book of Amos· Calneh· Gath· Hamath· Orontes· Prophecy· Samaria

Topics

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Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: Disregard of the Judgments and Works of God· Calneh: Also Called Canneh and Calno, a City of Assyria· Confidence: False· Gath: One of the Five Chief Cities of the Philistines· Hamath: Prosperity of· The Philistines: Israel Condemned for Imitating· The Rich: General Scriptures Concerning· Worldly Amusements and Pleasures: Lead to Disregard of the Judgments and Works of God