Amos 8:13,14

AMOS—NOTE ON Amos 8:13 Israel had depended on their paganized ideas of Yahweh, represented by the idols at Samaria and Dan, or on the ancestral tradition of Yahweh at Beersheba (see Amos 5:5 and note on 5:5–6), but they would find that these pseudo-Yahwehs were no good at all. Jeroboam had established one of his improper worship sites at Dan (1 Kings 12:29). Since Beersheba was in Judah, it is not clear what its significance was for the northern tribes. Perhaps they made pilgrimages there, remembering its association with the patriarchs (Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:23, Genesis 26:33; Genesis 46:1); perhaps they felt that there was a special power available there. the Guilt of Samaria. Those who worship anything other than God will be judged for their unfaithfulness.