Amos 7:13

Amos 7:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
• New International Version (NIV)Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But never again prophesy at Bethel, For it is the king’s sanctuary, And it is the royal residence.”

Context of Amos 7:13

11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the king’s court. 14Then 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 sycamore fruit: 15And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Amos 7:13 word by word

וּבֵֽית־אֵ֔ל לֹֽא־תוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד לְהִנָּבֵ֑א כִּ֤י מִקְדַּשׁ־מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ ה֔וּא וּבֵ֥ית מַמְלָכָ֖ה הֽוּא׃ סRead the interlinear

• prophesyנָבָאnâbâ' · to prophesyH5012
• againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• Bethelבֵּֽיתְ־אֵלbêyth-'êl · BethelH1008
• king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• sanctuaryמִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh miqqedâsh · sanctuaryH4720
• king’sמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• courtבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Amos 7:13

• Amos 2:12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
• Acts 4:17But that it may spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
• Acts 5:28Saying, Did we not strictly 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.
• 1 Kings 12:29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he placed in Dan.
• 1 Kings 13:1And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

Commentaries on Amos 7:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13But prophesy not - at Beth-el - He must not speak against idolatry, because that was the king's religion; and he who speaks against the king's religion must be an enemy to the state. This was the doctrine held in England by popish James 2 and his insidious Jesuit hireling priests, till God in his mercy put this pitiful tyrant down, and with him his false prophets, and the degrading superstition which they endeavored to establish in these lands.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13It is the king‘s chapel - Better, as in the English margin, “sanctuary.” It is the name for “the sanctuary” of God. “Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them” Exodus 25:8. “Ye shall reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord” Leviticus 19:30; Leviticus 26:2. It is most often spoken of as, “The sanctuary”; elsewhere, but always with emphasis, of reverence, sanctity, devotion, protection, it is called “His sanctuary; My sanctuary; Thy sanctuary…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-17Verses 10-17 It is no new thing for the accusers of the brethren, to misrepresent them as enemies to the king and kingdom, as traitors to their prince, and troublers of the land, when they are the best friends to both. Those who make gain their godliness, and are governed by the hopes of wealth and preferment, are ready to think these the most powerful motives with others also. But those who have a warrant from God, like Amos, ought not to fear the face…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13the sanctuary of the king: Amaziah said the Israelites, who were cultured and refined, did not like the prophet. Amaziah was loyal to the king because he wanted to keep his job.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. prophesy not again--(Am 2:12). at Beth-el--Amaziah wants to be let alone at least in his own residence. the king's chapel--Beth-el was preferred by the king to Dan, the other seat of the calf-worship, as being nearer Samaria, the capital, and as hallowed by Jacob of old (Ge 28:16, 19; 35:6, 7). He argues by implication against Amos' presumption, as a private man, in speaking against the worship sanctioned by the king, and that in the very place…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 7:13

• Amaziah
• Amos
• Jeroboam
• Minister, Christian
• Reproof

In the dictionaries

• Amaziah
• Arise
• Chapel
• Contend
• Bethel
• Calf, Golden
• Ezekiel
• Israel, Religion of
• Jeroboam
• Judah, Territory of

Commentaries on Amos 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings