Amos 6:2
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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?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?
In other translations
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?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?
Hebrew words
עִבְרוּ'ivrupass overH5674כַלְנֵהkhalnehCalnehH3641וּרְאוּure'uand seeH7200וּלְכוּulekhuand goH1980מִשָּׁםmishamfrom thereH8033חֲמַתchamatHamath-H2579רַבָּהrabahRabbahH2579וּרְדוּureduand go downH3381גַת־gat-GathH1661פְּלִשְׁתּיםpelishtmof [the] PhilistinesH6430הֲטוֹבִיםhatovim¿ [are they] goodH2896מִן־min-more thanH4480הַמַּמְלָכוֹתhamamlakhotthe kingdomsH4467הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428אִם־'im-or?H518רַבravgreatH7227גְּבוּלָםgevulam[is] territory theirH1366מִגְּבֻלְכֶם׃migevulkhemmore than territory yourH1366
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Related verses
- Nahum 3:8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
- Genesis 10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- 2 Kings 18:34Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?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 Chronicles 26:6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.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.
- Isaiah 10:9-119 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?9 “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 11 and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
- 1 Samuel 17:4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
- 2 Kings 17:30And the men of Babylon made Succoth–benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
- Ezekiel 31:2-32 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness? 3 Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
- 2 Kings 19:13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
- Isaiah 36:18-1918 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?18 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? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
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People and places
Places: Calneh (Isaiah 10), Gath, Hamath, Philistia