Who was Amos of the Bible?
The name Amos appears twice in the Bible. I will list both, but I believe it is the second one that you are inquiring about. 1. One of Jesus’ ancestors, the eighth generation before Mary. see Luke 3:25. 2. A prophet of Jehovah and writer of the book bearing his name, who lived in the ninth century B.C.E. He was not, however, born as the son of a prophet, nor was he one of the sons of the prophets. see 1Ki 20:35; 2Ki 2:3; 4:1; Am 7:14. His home was the town of Tekoa, some 16 km (10 mi) S of Jerusalem, at an elevation of about 820 m (2,700 ft). To the E, and sloping toward the Dead Sea, which lay about 1,200 m (4,000 ft) below, was the bleak wilderness of Judah, where, in his early life, the prophet found employment as a humble sheep raiser. (Am 1:1) The Hebrew word noqedhim here translated “sheep raisers” occurs in only one other place in the Bible (2Ki 3:4) and is related to naqqad, the Arabic word for a special breed of sheep, rather unattractive but highly valued for its fleece. Out
