Amos 1:4
Therefore will send a fire, into the house of Hazael,—which shall devour the palaces of Ben- hadad;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Judges 9:57all the wickedness also, of the men of Shechem, did God requite upon their own head,—and so brought in upon, them the curse of Jotham, son of Jerubbaal.
1 Kings 20:1Now, Ben-hadad, king of Syria, had gathered together all his forces, and, thirty-two kings, were with him, and horses and chariots,—then came he up, and laid siege to Samaria, and made war against it.
2 Kings 8:7And Elisha came into Damascus, when Ben-hadad king of Syria, was sick,—and it was told him, saying, The man of God hath come as far as this place.
2 Kings 13:25And Jehoash son of Jehoahaz again took the cities out of the hand of Ben-hadad son of Hazael, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father, in war,—three times, did Joash smite him, and recover the cities of Israel.
Jeremiah 17:27But, if ye will not hearken unto me—To hallow the sabbath day, And to bear no burden and bring in through the gates of Jerusalem, on the sabbath day, Then will I kindle a fire within her gates, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, And shall not be quenched.
Ezekiel 30:8So shall they know that, I am Yahweh,- By my setting a fire in Egypt, When all her helpers shall be broken.
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 →