Amos 7:13

But prophesy not again any more at Beit-El; for it is the Mikdash Melech, and it is the Bais Mamlachah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

In Context

12Also Amatzyah said unto Amos: O thou seer, go, flee thee away into Eretz Yehudah, and there eat lechem, and prophesy there,

14Then answered Amos, and said to Amatzyah: I was no navi, neither was I a ben navi; but I was a herder, and a dresser of sycamore-fig trees;

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Cross References

1 Kings 12:32And Yarov'am ordained a chag in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the chag that is in Yehudah, and he offered upon the mizbe'ach. So did he in Beit-El, sacrificing unto the agalim (calves) that he had made; and he installed in Beit-El the kohanim of the + 12:32 idolatrous high places which he had made.

2 Kings 14:24And he did that which was rah in the eyes of Hashem; he departed not from all the chattot Yarov'am Ben Nevat, who caused Yisroel to commit sin.

Amos 2:12But ye gave the Nezirim yayin to drink; 1 and commanded the nevi'im, saying: 1 Prophesy not. 1

Acts 5:28Saying, Did we not with a strict command charge you not to say shiurim b'shem hazeh and, hinei, you have filled Yerushalayim with your torah and are determined to bring upon us the dahm of this man.

Matthew Henry on Amos 7:11-17

Amaziah's Charge against Amos; Amaziah's Doom. ( b. c. 785.) 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 But… Read the whole commentary →

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