Amos 1:4

But I will send an eish onto Bais Chazael, 1 which shall devour the fortresses of Ben-Hadad. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

In Context

3Thus saith Hashem: 1 For shloshah peysha'im of Damascus, 1 even for arba'ah, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 1 because they have threshed Gil'ad with threshing sledges of barzel (iron); 1

5I will break down also the gate bar of Damascus, 1 and cut off the inhabitant from Bik'at-Aven, 1 and him that holdeth the shevet (sceptre) from Bais-Eden; 1 and the people of Aram shall go into golus unto Kir, 1 saith Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Judges 9:57And all the evil of the anshei Shechem did Elohim render upon their heads: and upon them came the Kelalat Yotam ben Yeruba'al.

1 Kings 20:1And Ben-Hadad Melech Aram gathered all his army together; and there were thirty and two melech with him, and sus, and chariots; and he went up and laid siege against Shomron, and warred against her.

2 Kings 8:7And Elishah came to Damascus; and Ben-Hadad Melech Aram choleh (was ill), when it was told him, saying, Ish HaElohim has come here.

2 Kings 13:25And Yehoash Ben Yehoachaz returned and recaptured out of the yad of Ben-Hadad Ben Chazael the towns, which he + 13:25 Ben-Hadad had taken out of the yad of Yehoachaz aviv by milchamah (war). Shalosh times did Yoash defeat him, and recovered the towns of Yisroel.

Jeremiah 17:27But if ye will not pay heed unto Me to keep the day of Shabbos holy, and not to bear a massa (burden), when entering in at the She'arim of Yerushalayim on the day of Shabbos; then will I kindle an eish in the she'arim thereof, and it shall devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim, and it shall not be quenched.

Ezekiel 30:8And they shall know that I am Hashem, 1 when I have set an eish in Mitzrayim, 1 and when all her allies shall be destroyed.

Matthew Henry on Amos 1:4-15

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 790.) 3 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. 5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into… Read the whole commentary →

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