Amos 6:2 “Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then…”

Amos 6:2

Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

World English Bible

Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?

American Standard Version

Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe you vnto Calneh, and see: and from thence goe you to Hamath the great: then goe downe to Gath of the Philistims: be they better then these kingdomes? or the border of their land greater then your border,

Darby Translation

Pass unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go to Hamath the great; and go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

Young's Literal Translation

Pass ye over [to] Calneh and see, And go thence [to] Hamath the great, And go down [to] Gath of the Philistines, Are [they] better than these kingdoms? Greater [is] their border than your border?

Bible in Basic English

Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?

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Cross references

“Pass”

Nahum 3:8 Jeremiah 2:10 Jeremiah 2:11

Nahum 3:8 · BSB

Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

Jeremiah 2:10 · BSB

Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:

Jeremiah 2:11 · BSB

Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

“Calneh”

Genesis 10:10 Isaiah 10:9

Genesis 10:10 · BSB

His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Isaiah 10:9 · BSB

“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

“Hamath”

2 Kings 18:34 2 Kings 17:24 2 Kings 17:30 2 Kings 19:13

2 Kings 18:34 · BSB

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

2 Kings 17:24 · BSB

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

2 Kings 17:30 · BSB

The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

2 Kings 19:13 · BSB

Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

“Gath”

2 Chronicles 26:6 1 Samuel 17:4 1 Samuel 17:23

2 Chronicles 26:6 · BSB

Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17:4 · BSB

Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

1 Samuel 17:23 · BSB

And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.

“better”

Isaiah 10:9–11 Isaiah 36:18 Isaiah 36:19 Isaiah 37:12 Isaiah 37:13 Ezekiel 31:2

Isaiah 10:9–11 · BSB

“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

Isaiah 36:18 · BSB

Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Isaiah 36:19 · BSB

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

Isaiah 37:12 · BSB

Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

Isaiah 37:13 · BSB

Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

Ezekiel 31:2 · BSB

“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?

Also

1 Kings 8:65

1 Kings 8:65 · BSB

So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.

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

In context

1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

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