Amos 6:2

Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; 1 and from thence go ye to great Chamat; 1 then go down to Gat of the Pelishtim (Philistines); 1 be they better than these mamlachot? 1 Or their territory more vast than your territory? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

1Hoy to them that are complacent in Tziyon, 1 and have their bitachon in Har Shomron, 1 the notables of the foremost Goyim, 1 to whom Bais Yisroel comes! 1

3Ye that put far away the Yom Rah, 1 and cause the shevet chamas to come near; 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 5:8They sent therefore and gathered all rulers of the Pelishtim (Philistines) unto them, and said, What shall we do with the Aron Elohei Yisroel? And they answered, Let the Aron Elohei Yisroel be brought about unto Gat. And they brought the Aron Elohei Yisroel about to there.

1 Samuel 17:4And there went out an Ish HaBenayim + 17:4 i.e., a middle-man champion whose single combat saves the day and decides the victor out of the machanot of the Pelishtim, shmo Golyat (Goliath), of Gat, whose height was shesh cubits and a span.

2 Samuel 8:9When To'i Melech Chamat heard that Dovid had defeated all the army of Hadadezer,

2 Kings 17:24And Melech Ashur brought men from Babylon, and from Kuthah, and from Ava, and from Chamat, and from Sepharvayim, and placed them in the cities of Shomron in the place of Bnei Yisroel; and they possessed Shomron, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

2 Kings 18:34Where are elohei Chamat, and of Arpad? Where are elohei Sepharvayim, Hena, and Ivah? Have they saved Shomron out of mine yad?

2 Chronicles 26:6And he went forth and warred against the Pelishtim (Philistines), and broke down the chomat Gat, and the chomat Yavneh, and the chomat Ashdod, and built towns near Ashdod, and among the Pelishtim (Philistines).

Matthew Henry on Amos 6:2-8

The Danger of False Security. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! 2 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? 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch… Read the whole commentary →

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