The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders[a](A) from Tekoa(B)—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah(C) of Judah and Jeroboam(D) son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.(E)

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  1. 1:1 Or the shepherds

Amos is Called to Prophesy

The words of Amos,[a] who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he spoke[b] concerning Israel during the reign of[c] Uzziah, king of Judah and during the reign of[d] Joash’s son Jeroboam, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

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  1. Amos 1:1 The Heb. name Amos means burden
  2. Amos 1:1 Lit. saw
  3. Amos 1:1 Or in the days of
  4. Amos 1:1 Or in the days of