Amos

Dates: 230–170 BC

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Name means "burden" or "burden bearer." He is the son of Nahum (or Naum) and father of Mattathias as listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus Christ.

Amos — Prophet Amos, Russian icon from first quarter of 18th cen.

Bible passages

Luke 3:25
Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,

Text of the King James Version.

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Amos — Amos. Artist: James Jacques Joseph Tissot, c. 1902

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