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Amos 1:15

AMOS—NOTE ON Amos 1:15 exile. When Assyria conquered a nation, they deported the leadership and imported people from elsewhere into the area. This was done to discourage rebellion by the conquered people and to minimize the differences throughout their diverse empire.

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See also Amos 1:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Amos 1:15. _THEIR KING SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY_] Probably מלכם _malcham_ should be _Milcom_, who was a chief god of the Ammonites; and the following words, _he and his princes_, may refer to th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THEIR KING - The king was commonly, in those nations, the center of their energy. When “he and his princes” were “gone into captivity,” there was no one to make head against the conqueror, and ren...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AGAINST THE NATIONS, JUDAH, AND ISRAEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Amos 1:1) _ 2. Damascus (Amos 1:3) 3. Philistia (Amos 1:6) 4. Tyre ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE AMMONITES. The Ammonites were old enemies. Originally they had pressed Israel from the S. and E. as the Aramæ ans had done from the N. Then they occupied the territory E. of the Jordan from Jabbok...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE. Ginsburg thinks it. his priests, with Septuagint....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And their king shall go into captivity_, &c. INTO EXILE (Amos 1:5). The verse is borrowed by Jeremiah, with slight changes, in his prophecy against the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:3), "For their king shal...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The AMMONITES. The Ammonites occupied the district E. of Jordan bounded by the Arnon on the S., and by the territory of Reuben and the upper course of the Jabbok, on the W. Their capital was Rabbah, m...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _TRANSGRESSIONS OF AMMON -- AMOS 1:13-15:_ God promised to punish Ammon for her countless transgressions. He would not change his mind about his matter. The Ammonites were descendants of Lot. (Genesis...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THEIR KING, &C.— מלכם _malkam,_ which some understand of _Melchom,_ the god of the Ammonites: but the words adjoined, _his princes,_ seem rather to point out the king of the country. REFLECTIONS.—...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE HEATHENNATIONSEDOM AND MOAB TEXT: Amos 1:11-15 11 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. THEIR KING SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY, HE AND HIS PRINCES - or else, 'their Moloch (the idol of Ammon) and his prie...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SINS OF ISRAEL'S NEIGHBOURS AND THE PUNISHMENTS WHICH SHOULD FOLLOW 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.' HERDM...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ ABOUT THIS BOOK WHEN AMOS LIVED Amos came from Tekoa, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem. He was a *shepherd and he looked after...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEIR KING. — Not as Syrian and Vulg. read the original, _Malcam_ or _Milcom, i.e.,_ Moloch. E.V. is supported by LXX., Targ., and context of the passage. So far we find the prophet denouncing the sin...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָלַ֥ךְ מַלְכָּ֖ם בַּ † גֹּולָ֑ה ה֧וּא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but before, his in...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JUDAH SHALL BE JUDGED ALSO Amos 1:11-15; Amos 2:1-5 _Edom_ was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel; perhaps for that very reason the hatred on either side became more and more invet...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations a...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Melchom, the god or idol of the Ammonites, otherwise called Moloch, and Melech; which, in Hebrew, signifies a king, or Melchom their king. (Challoner) --- He assumed the title of "their king," Judges...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Chapter closeth with the judgment of the children of Ammon; and a solemn one it is. When the Lord comes to reckon with his enemies, how tremendous his judgments are! REFLECTIONS READER! we shall...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He finally adds, _And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together _As מלכם, _melcam, _was an idol of the people, some regard it here as a proper name; but he says, מלכם הוא ושריו,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. In the outset Jehovah, proclaiming His own rights from the place of His own throne, roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem. Afterwards,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. Ver. 15. _And their king shall go into captivity_] Where he may find as little favour as Zedekiah did with Nebucha...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For three transgressions of the children of Ammon_ The Ammonites descended from Lot: see Genesis 19:38. Their country lay to the east of Jordan, in the neighbourhood of Gilead. _Because they have rip...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and their king shall go into captivity, Cf Jeremiah 49:3, HE AND HIS PRINCES TOGETHER, SAITH THE LORD. A nation may indulge in heinous crimes for some time, but when the Lord so decides, its career wi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST TYRE, EDOM, AND AMMON...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEIR KING; or Milchore, or Moloch, the idol of the Ammonites, so it signifieth, as well as king. I suppose the prophet may intend both, their god as well as their king shall be carried captive, as wa...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Amos 1:15 king H4428 go H1980 (H8804) captivity H1473 princes H8269 together H3162 Says H559 (H8804) LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    5). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON AMMON (AMOS 1:13). ‘The children of Ammon', like Aram, had continually treated Gilead mercilessly. In order to enlarge their territory they had not only invaded Gilead but had...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Judgments pronounced upon surrounding peoples Syria, Tyre, Edom, Ammon. CHARACTERS: God, Amos, Uzziah, Jeroboam, Hazael, Benhadad. CONCLUSION: The God of Israel is the God of all the earth...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Amos 1:1. _The words of Amos,_ written with his own hand. He does not name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was himself _among the herdmen of Tekoa,_ a small city twelve miles s...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will not turn away the punishment thereof._ GOD’S DEALING WITH NATIONS I. The opportunity for repentance which all possess. The punishment of the six heathen nations, as of Judah and Israel, opens...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 1:13. Ammon] Ammonites joined the Chaldeans to invade and plunder Judea. Hazael perpetrated the cruelty predicted (2 Kings 8:12). RIPPED UP] A cruel act, done to leave Israel wi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1-CH. 2:16 PART I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT. VERSE 1-CH. 2:3 _§ 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly summoned to judgment._ AMOS 1:1, AMOS 1:2 Heading o

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn now to the book of Amos. In the first verse of Amos he introduces himself. These are the words of Amos, who was among the herdmen [or a shepherd] at Tekoa (Amos 1:1), Now Tekoa is a little...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jeremiah 49:3...

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