KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Amos 7:13–14
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Amos 7:13
13But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
13But prophecie not againe any more at Beth-el: for it is the ‖Kings Chappell, and it is the †Kings Court.
- Or, Sanctuarie.
- Heb. house of the kingdome.
Amos 7:14
14¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
14¶ Then answered Amos, and sayde to Amaziah; I was no Prophet, neither was I a Prophets sonne, but I was an heardman, and a gatherer of ‖Sycomore fruit.
- Or, wilde figges.
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DEFINED WORDS
Amos 7:13
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To speak a message given by God; to proclaim, explain, or foretell under divine direction.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A consecrated place or sanctuary; in Amos 7:13, the king's sanctuary at Beth-el.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An enclosed yard, a royal residence or attendants, or a place of judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Amos 7:14
Replied or responded; spoke in answer to a person, statement, or situation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Especially, an inspired teacher; He that prophesies.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893
Except; excluding all others or alternatives.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One who keeps, tends, or cares for a herd.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One who gathers or collects; one who gets in a crop.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The sycomore fig tree of the biblical lands.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The produce of a plant; offspring; or the result and effect of conduct, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 13
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Open the full verse study32And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.
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Open the full verse study12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
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Open the full verse study29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
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Open the full verse study1AND, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
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Open the full verse study17But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
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Open the full verse study28Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
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Open the full verse study40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
From verse 14
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Open the full verse study1THE words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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Open the full verse study5But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
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Open the full verse study27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
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Open the full verse study5And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
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Open the full verse study38¶ And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
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Open the full verse study2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.
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Open the full verse study3And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
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Open the full verse study35¶ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
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Open the full verse study7¶ And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
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Open the full verse study34Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
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Open the full verse study7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
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Open the full verse study1AND the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
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