Amos 6:2 BSB — MannaFest

Amos 6:2

Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

BSB

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ASV

Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Pass ye unto Calneh, and see,.... What is become of that city, which was in the land of Shinar, an ancient city, as early as the days of Nimrod, and built by him, and was with others the beginning of his kingdom, Gen 10:10; it belonged to Babylon, and is by Jarchi here interpreted by it, being put for Babel, as he supposes.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Pass ye unto Calneh - This is, says Calmet, the Ctesiphon on the river Tigris. Hamath - The same as Emesa. Hamath was a city on the Orontes, in Syria. Gath - A well-known town, and head of one of the five seignories of the Philistines. Be they better - You have no more reason to expect exemption from the consequences of your sins than they had. They have been punished; so shall you. Why then will ye trust in their gods, that could not save their own cities?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Also by Assyria subsequently (2Ki 18:34). Gath--subjugated by Uzziah (2Ch 26:6). be they better--no. Their so recent subjugation renders it needless for Me to tell you they are not.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עִבְר֤וּ	'iv.Ru	pass over	H5674 →
כַֽלְנֵה֙	khal.Neh	Calneh	H3641 →
וּרְא֔וּ	u.re.'U	and see	H7200 →
וּלְכ֥וּ	u.le.Khu	and go	H1980 →
מִשָּׁ֖ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
חֲמַ֣ת	cha.Mat	Hamath-	H2579 →
רַבָּ֑ה	ra.Bah	Rabbah	H2579 →
וּרְד֣וּ	u.re.Du	and go down	H3381 →
גַת־	gat-	Gath	H1661 →
פְּלִשְׁתּ֗ים	pe.lish.Tm	of [the] Philistines	H6430 →
הֲטוֹבִים֙	ha.to.Vim	¿ [are they] good	H2896 →
מִן־	min-	more than	H4480 →
הַמַּמְלָכ֣וֹת	ha.mam.la.Khot	the kingdoms	H4467 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
אִם־	'im-	or?	H518 →
רַ֥ב	rav	great	H7227 →
גְּבוּלָ֖ם	ge.vu.Lam	[is] territory their	H1366 →
מִגְּבֻלְכֶֽם׃	mi.ge.vul.Khem	more than territory your	H1366 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 10:10
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
leads to
- Genesis 11:9
  That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 11:2
  And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
- Genesis 14:1
  In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- Micah 4:10
  Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be…
Through
2 Chronicles 26:6
Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
leads to
- Isaiah 14:29
  Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
Through
2 Kings 18:34
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
leads to
- Isaiah 10:9
  “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
- 2 Kings 17:6
  In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the…
Through
Nahum 3:8
Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
leads to
- Ezekiel 30:14–16
  I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

About Amos

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Amos

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Amos