Amos in the Bible.

A herdsman of Tekoa sent to prophesy against Israel at Bethel. The King James Version names Amos in 7 verses, from Amos 1:1 to Amos 8:2. The King James Version also gives the name Amos to 1 other person, listed on this page.

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Amos’s own words.

Amos speaks in 41 verses of the King James Version, all in Amos.

He also passes on the LORD’s words in 93 verses.

His first words in the Bible

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.

Amos 1:2 ›

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Who Amos was.

Borne; a burden, one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a native of Tekota, the modern Tekua, a town about 12 miles south-east of Bethlehem. He was a man of humble birth, neither a “prophet nor a prophet’s son,” but “an herdman and a dresser of sycomore trees,” R.V. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea (Amos 1:1; 7:14, 15; Zech. 14:5), who survived him a few years. Under Jeroboam II. the kingdom of Israel rose to the zenith of its prosperity; but that was followed by the prevalence of luxury and vice and idolatry. At this period Amos was called from his obscurity to remind the people of the law of God’s retributive justice, and to call them to repentance.

The Book of Amos consists of three parts:

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Amos’s story.

Bethelnamed with him in 1 verse
Tekoanamed with him in 1 verse

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All 7 verses that name this Amos.

Amos 7

Amos 1:1The 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.
Amos 7:8And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
Amos 7:10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
Amos 7:11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
Amos 7:12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
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:
Amos 8:2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

Other people called Amos.

Amos, Son of Naum.

Named in 1 verse.

Luke 3:25Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,

Questions about Amos.

Who was Amos in the Bible?

A herdsman of Tekoa sent to prophesy against Israel at Bethel. The King James Version names Amos in 7 verses, from Amos 1:1 to Amos 8:2.

Where does Amos speak in the Bible?

In 41 verses of the King James Version, all in Amos. His first words are in Amos 1:2.

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