Amos 1:6

6 Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon, to shut up into Idumea.

Amos 1:6 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 1:6

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Gaza
The chief city of the Philistines, and put for the whole country, and designs the inhabitants of it: and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;
(See Gill on Amos 1:3); because they carried away captive the whole captivity;
which cannot be understood of the captivity of the whole nation, either of Israel or Judah, who were never carried captive by the Philistines; but of their carrying away all the substance of the house of Jehoram king of Judah, and of all his sons and his wives, and left him not one son but the youngest, ( 2 Chronicles 21:17 ) ; to deliver [them] up to Edom:
or, "to shut them up in Edom" ^F15; which country also revolted from Jehoram, when he and the captains of his chariots going out against them, were corn passed in by them, ( Amos 1:8-10 ) . Some think this refers to the time when Sennacherib invaded Judea, and many of the Jews fled to Palestine for help, but instead of being sheltered were delivered up to the Edomites; but this was in the times of Hezekiah, after Amos had prophesied, and therefore cannot be referred to; and for the same reason this cannot be applied to the Edomites and Philistines invading and smiting Judah, and carrying them captive, ( 2 Chronicles 28:17 2 Chronicles 28:18 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (Mwdal rygohl) (tou sugkleisai eiv thn idoumaian) , Sept. "ut concluderent eam in Idumea", V. L. "ad concludeadum in Edom", Montanus.

Amos 1:6 In-Context

4 And I will send a fire on the house of Azael, and it shall devour the foundations of the son of Ader.

5 And I will break to pieces the bars of Damascus, and will destroy the inhabitants out of the plain of On, and will cut in pieces a tribe out of the men of Charrhan: and the famous people of Syria shall be led captive, saith the Lord.

6 Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon, to shut up into Idumea.

7 And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Gaza, and it shall devour its foundations.

8 And I will destroy the inhabitants out of Azotus, and a tribe shall be cut off from Ascalon, and I will stretch out my hand upon Accaron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord.