Amos 6:2
Amos · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?”Amos 6:2
What Does Amos 6:2 Mean?
Amos 6:2 is found in the book of Amos, chapter 6, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Amos 6:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Nahum 3:8“Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?”Genesis 10:10“And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.”2 Kings 18:34“Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?”2 Chronicles 26:6“And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.”1 Samuel 17:4“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.”Isaiah 10:9“Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?”Numbers 13:21“So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.”Joshua 13:5“And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.”1 Samuel 5:8“They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.”1 Samuel 6:17“And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;”1 Samuel 17:23“And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.”2 Samuel 8:9“When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,”1 Kings 8:65“And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.”1 Kings 19:4“But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”2 Kings 17:24“And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.”2 Kings 17:30“And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,”2 Kings 19:13“Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?”Ecclesiastes 5:8“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.”Isaiah 36:18“Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?”Isaiah 37:12“Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?”
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