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Amos
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A'mos. (burden). Native of Tekoa in Judah, about six miles south of Bethlehem, originally a shepherd and dresser of sycamore trees, who was called by God's Spirit to be a prophet, although not trained in any of the regular prophetic schools. Amos 1:1; Amos 7:14-15. He travelled from Judah into the northern kingdom of Israel or Ephraim, and there exercised his ministry, apparently not for any long time.
(His date cannot be later than B.C. 808 for he lived in the reigns of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel; but his ministry probably took place at an earlier date, perhaps about the middle of Jeroboam's reign. Nothing is known of the time or manner of his death. - Editor).
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Amos'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/a/amos.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Amos'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/a/amos.html. 1901.
