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Amos is also a town in Quebec. See Amos, Quebec

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And its founder. See Wally Amos

He is one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a native of Tekoa, the modern Tekua, a town about 12 miles south-east of Bethlehem. He was a man of humble birth, neither a "prophet nor a prophet's son," but "an herdman and a dresser of sycomore trees," R.V. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and was contemporary with IsaiahIsaiah ( Hebrew Yeshayahu or Yša‘ayh is a book of the Jewish Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament, containing prophecies attributed to Isaiah. It consists of prophecies delivered (Isa. 1) in the reign of Uzziah (1-5), (2) of Jotha and HoseaThe Book of Hosea is a book of the Jewish Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament written by Hosea. This book stands first in order among the " Minor prophets. This was the longest of the prophetic books written before the Captivity. Hosea, as well as JoelJoel " The LORD is God", Standard Hebrew Yoel Tiberian Hebrew Yoel is the name of several people in the Bible. The oldest of Samuel's two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba (1 Sam. A descendant of Reuben (1 Chr. One of David's famous warriors (1 (Amos 1:1; 7:14, 15; ZechariahZechariah or Zecharya "Renowned/Remembered of/is the LORD", Standard Hebrew Zarya Tiberian Hebrew Zaryh was a person in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. He was the author of the Book of Zechariah. He was a prophet of the two-tribe kingdom of Jud 14:5), who survived him a few years. Under Jeroboam IIJeroboam II was the son and successor of Jehoash, and the fourteenth king of Israel, over which he ruled for forty-one years ( 2 Kings 14:23). Albright has dated his reign to 786 746 BC, while Thiele offers the dates 782 753 BC. His reign was contemporary. the kingdom of IsraelThe Kingdom of Israel Malchut Yisrael in Hebrew), according to the Bible, was the nation formed around 1021BC from the descendants of Jacob, son of Isaac, who was given the name Israel meaning Struggles With God''. Following the death of King Solomon, c 9 rose to the zenith of its prosperity; but that was followed by the prevalence of luxury and vice and idolatry. At this period Amos was called from his obscurity to remind the people of the law of God's retributive justice, and to call them to repentance.

The Book of Amos is part of the Old TestamentThe Old Testament or the Hebrew Scriptures constitutes the first major part of the Christian Bible, usually divided into the categories law, history, poetry (or wisdom books) and prophecy. All of those books were written before the birth of Jesus. Canon o and the Jewish TanakhTanakh [] (also spelt Tanach or Tenach is an acronym for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible, based upon the initial Hebrew letters of each part: Torah [] ("The Law"; also: Teaching or Instruction , Chumash [] ("The five", also Pentateuch or The five book. The work consists of three parts:

1. The nations around are summoned to judgment because of their sins (1:1-2:3). He quotes Joel 3:16.
2. The spiritual condition of Judah, and especially of Israel, is described (2:4-6:14).
3. In 7:1-9:10 are recorded five prophetic visions. The first two (7:1-6) refer to judgments against the guilty people. The next two (7:7-9; 8:1-3) point out the ripeness of the people for the threatened judgements. 7:10-17 consists of a conversation between the prophet and the priest of Bethel. The fifth describes the overthrow and ruin of Israel (9:1-10); to which is added the promise of the restoration of the kingdom and its final glory in the Messiah's kingdom.

The style is peculiar in the number of the allusions made to natural objects and to agricultural occupations. Other allusions show also that Amos was a student of the law as well as a "child of nature." These phrases are peculiar to him: "Cleanness of teeth" [i.e., want of bread] (4:6); "The excellency of Jacob" (6:8; 8:7); "The high places of Isaac" (7:9); "The house of Isaac" (7:16); "He that createth the wind" (4:13).