Old Testament • 9 Chapters
Amos (Old Testament, 9 chapters). Key figures: Amos, Jacob/Israel , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Judah , Joash , Esau ( Edom ). Key places: Tekoa , Zion , Jerusalem , Carmel , Damascus , Gilead . Opens with: "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 o..."
Amos Chapter 3, Verse 15
Scripture passage in Amos 3:15
Interactive Book Map • Amos
Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of Amos .
Amos • Chapter 8 (14 verses)
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. And 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. And the songs of the... Mentions: Amos , Jacob/Israel , Dan , Egypt , Samaria .
Amos • Chapter 7 (17 verses)
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Amos , Isaac , Amaziah , Judah .
Amos • Chapter 1 (15 verses)
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. And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion , and utter his voice ... Mentions: Amos , Jacob/Israel, Azariah (or Uzziah), Judah , Joash , Tekoa , Zion , Jerusalem , Carmel , Damascus .
Amos • Chapter 2 (16 verses)
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab , and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: But I will send a fire upon Moab , and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth : and Moab shall die with tumul... Mentions: Moab, Esau (Edom), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Edom, Kerioth , Jerusalem , Egypt .
Biblical Place • 37.715°N, 26.934°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 20:15 .
Amos • Chapter 9 (15 verses)
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Esau ( Edom ), Carmel , Egypt , Caphtor , Kir , Edom.
Amos • Chapter 3 (15 verses)
Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel , against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt , saying, You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. Can two walk togeth... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Ashdod , Samaria , Damascus .
Amos • Chapter 4 (13 verses)
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan , that are in the mountain of Samaria , which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Bashan , Samaria , Gilgal 1 , Egypt , Sodom .
Amos • Chapter 5 (27 verses)
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel . The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leav... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Joseph , Gilgal 1 , Damascus .
Amos • Chapter 6 (14 verses)
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion , and trust in the mountain of Samaria , which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Pass ye unto Calneh , and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better tha... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Joseph , Zion , Samaria , Calneh , Hamath , Gath .
Biblical Place • 32.127°N, 45.230°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:10 , Amos 6:2 .
Biblical Place • Samaria • 32.280°N, 35.198°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 4:3 (identified with Samaria ).
Biblical Place • Crete • 35.171°N, 25.007°E
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caphtor. Referenced in Deut 2:23 , Jer 47:4 , Amos 9:7 .
Biblical Place • Ashteroth-karnaim • 32.767°N, 36.017°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 6:13 (identified with Ashteroth-karnaim ).
Biblical Place • Damascus • 33.519°N, 36.313°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 1:5 (identified with Damascus ).
Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 6:14 (identified with Hamath ).
Biblical Place • 34.007°N, 36.204°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 1:5 .
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters
2 Esdras ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Eleazar , Aaron , Levi , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah . Key places: Egypt , Tyre , Sidon , Sodom , Gomorrah , Jerusalem . Opens with: "THE second book of the prophet Esdras, Saraias, the son of Azaraias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salemas, the son of Sadoc, the son of Ah..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 14 Chapters
Tobit ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 14 chapters). Key figures: Naphtali , Asher , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Aaron , Levi . Key places: Kedesh 1 , Galilee , Nineveh , Jerusalem , Baal , Media . Opens with: "THE book of the words of Tobit, the son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asiel, of the tri..."
Tobit • Chapter 2 (14 verses)
Now when I was come home again, and my wife Anna was restored to me, and my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost , which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared me, and I sat down to eat. And I saw abundance of meat, and I said to my son, Go and bri... Mentions: Amos .
secret counsel, assembly, intimate fellowship
Intimate circle, divine council, secret purpose; 'The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him' (Psalm 25:14, Amos 3:7).
Derivation: From יָסַד (H3245) to sit together, found.
famine, hunger, dearth
Famine, starvation; divine chastening withholding rain and fertility, and prophetically a famine of hearing God's words (Amos 8:11).
Derivation: From רָעֵב (H7456) to be hungry.