Read Amos 6.1-14. In 6.1-14: Judgment on Samaria's elite men. In this judgment speech, Amos indicts Israel's leaders for excessive wealth and complacency (vv. 1-6) and announces a sentence that includes the conquest of Samaria and deportation of its leaders (vv. 7-14). In verse 2: Calneh and Hamath are capital cities of important Syrian city-stares. In verse 6: Joseph is a synonym for Israel (5.6). In verse 13: Lo-debar and Karnaim are cities east of the Jordan that may have been brought under Israelite control during Amos' career by conquests of Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14.25). In verse14: Lebo-hamath and the wadi Arabah are the northern and southern boundaries established for the kingdom of Israel by Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14.25); they are used here by Amos to depict Israel in its entirety. Comments or Questions..
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