Amos 1:4 “So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels o…”

Amos 1:4

So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore will I sende a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Darby Translation

And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have sent a fire against the house of Hazael, And it hath consumed the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

Bible in Basic English

And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.

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Cross references

“I will”

Jeremiah 49:27 Jeremiah 17:27 Amos 1:7 Amos 1:10 Amos 1:12 Amos 1:14

Jeremiah 49:27 · BSB

“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”

Jeremiah 17:27 · BSB

But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of…

Amos 1:7 · BSB

So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.

Amos 1:10 · BSB

So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”

Amos 1:12 · BSB

So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

Amos 1:14 · BSB

So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.

“Hazael”

2 Kings 8:7–15 1 Kings 19:15

2 Kings 8:7–15 · BSB

Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

1 Kings 19:15 · BSB

Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.

“Benhadad”

2 Kings 6:24 2 Kings 13:3 2 Kings 13:25 1 Kings 20:1–22 2 Chronicles 16:2

2 Kings 6:24 · BSB

Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

2 Kings 13:3 · BSB

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.

2 Kings 13:25 · BSB

Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.

1 Kings 20:1–22 · BSB

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

2 Chronicles 16:2 · BSB

So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.

5I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.

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