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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:12

But I will send a fire upon Teman ,.... A principal city of Edom or Idumea, so called from Teman a grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:11 . Jerom F24 De locis Hebr. fol. 95. B. says there was in his time a village called Theman, five miles distant from the city Petra, and had a Roman garrison; and so says Eusebius F25 Onomast. ad vocem θαιμαν . ; who places it in Arabia Petraea; it is put for the whole country; it signifies the south. So the Targum renders it, "a fire in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:13

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of the children of Ammon ,.... These are the descendants of Benammi, a son of Lots, by one of his daughters, Genesis 19:38 ; are distinguished from the Ammonites, 2 Chronicles 20:1 ; were near neighbours of the Jews, but great enemies to them, though akin: and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof ; See Gill on Amos 1:3 . Among these transgressions, for which God would punish these people, are to be reckoned, not only... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:14

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah ,.... Which was the metropolis of the children of Ammon, and their royal city, 2 Samuel 12:26 . This is to be understood of an enemy that should destroy it, perhaps Nebuchadnezzar; or of war being kindled and raised in their country; this place being put for the whole; See Gill on Jeremiah 49:2 ; and it shall devour the palaces thereof ; the palaces of the king, and his nobles: with shouting in the day of battle ; with the noise of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:15

And their king shall go into captivity ,.... Not only the common people that are left of the sword shall be carried captive, but their king also. This was, Baalis their last king, who was accessary to the murder of Gedaliah, Jeremiah 40:14 ; whom the king of Babylon had set over the remnant of the Jews left in Judea; which might provoke him to send Nebuzaradan his general against him, who put his country to fire and sword, destroyed his chief city Rabbah, and carried him and his nobles... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:3

For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four - These expressions of three and four, so often repeated in this chapter, mean repetition, abundance, and any thing that goes towards excess. Very, very exceedingly; and so it was used among the ancient Greek and Latin poets. See the passionate exclamation of Ulysses, in the storm, Odyss., lib. v., ver. 306: - Τρις μακαρες Δαναοι και τετρακις, οἱ τοτ ' ολοντο<-144 Τροιῃ εν ευρειῃ, χαριν Ατρειδῃσι φεροντες. "Thrice happy... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:4

Ben-hadad - He was son and successor of Hazael. See the cruelties which they exercised upon the Israelites, 2 Kings 10:32 ; 2 Kings 13:7 , etc., and see especially 2 Kings 8:12 , where these cruelties are predicted. The fire threatened here is the war so successfully carried on against the Syrians by Jeroboam II., in which he took Damascus and Hamath, and reconquered all the ancient possessions of Israel. See 2 Kings 14:25 , 2 Kings 14:26 , 2 Kings 14:28 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:5

The bar of Damascus - The gates, whose long traverse bars, running from wall to wall, were their strength. I will throw it open; and the gates were forced, and the city taken, as above. The plain of Aven - the house of Eden - These are names, says Bochart, of the valley of Damascus. The plain of Aven, or Birkath-Aven, Calmet says, is a city of Syria, at present called Baal-Bek, and by the Greeks Heliopolis; and is situated at the end of that long valley which extends from south to north,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:6

They carried away captive - Gaza is well known to have been one of the five lordships of the Philistines; it lay on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near to Egypt. Erkon, Ashdod, and Askelon, were other signories of the same people, which are here equally threatened with Gaza. The captivity mentioned here may refer to inroads and incursions made by the Philistines in times of peace. See 2 Chronicles 21:16 . The margin reads, an entire captivity. They took all away; none of them... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:9

Tyrus - See an ample description of this place, and of its desolation and final ruin, in the notes on Ezekiel 26-28 (note). The brotherly covenant - This possibly refers to the very friendly league made between Solomon and Hiram, king of Tyre, 1 Kings 5:12 ; but some contend that the brotherly covenant refers to the consanguinity between the Jews and Edomites. The Tyrians, in exercising cruelties upon these, did it, in effect, on the Jews, with whom they were connected by the most... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:10

I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus - The destructive fire or siege by Nebuchadnezzar, which lasted thirteen years, and ended in the destruction of this ancient city; see on Ezekiel 26:7-14 ; (note), as above. It was finally ruined by Alexander, and is now only a place for a few poor fishermen to spread their nets upon. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:10

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