Study it in the app“Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.”
Then Amaziah,וַ אֲמַצְיָהthe priestכֹּהֵןof Bethel,בֵּית אֵלsentיִּשְׁלַחtoאֶלJeroboam,יָרָבְעָםkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“Amosעָמוֹסhas conspiredקָשַׁרagainst youעָלֶיךָin the midstבְּקֶרֶבof the houseבֵּיתof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלthe landהָאָרֶץis notלֹאableתוּכַלto bearלְהָכִילallכָּלhis words.דְּבָרָיו
Amaziah
Amaziah: a name meaning "YHWH is strong." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Joash (2 Kings 12:21; 14); also a priest of Bethel in Amos's time (Amos 7:10) and two other men (1 Chronicles 4:34; 6:45).
Where else “amatsya” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsBethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsJeroboam
Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).
Where else “yaravam” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsAmos
"Amos": "burden"; a prophet from Tekoa.
Where else “amos” appearsconspire
To join secretly with others to bring down someone in authority.
Where else “kashar” appearsmidst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “tuchal” appearshold
To hold, or endure something.
Where else “hachil” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devaray” appearsBethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
9And the high places of Isaac will be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
10 · This verse (above)
11For thus Amos has said, ‘By the sword Jeroboam will die, and Israel will surely go into exile away from his land.’”
