Amos 6:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Look what happened to the cities of Calneh, powerful Hamath, and Gath in Philistia. Are you greater than any of those kingdoms?

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:9

King Toi of Hamath and King Hadadezer had been enemies. So when Toi heard that David had attacked and defeated Hadadezer's whole army, he sent his son Joram to praise and congratulate David. Joram also brought him gifts made of silver, gold, and bronze.

1 Kings 8:65

Solomon and the huge crowd celebrated the Festival of Shelters at the temple for seven days. There were people from as far away as the Egyptian Gorge in the south and Lebo-Hamath in the north.

2 Kings 17:24

The king of Assyria took people who were living in the cities of Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and forced them to move to Israel. They took over the towns where the Israelites had lived, including the capital city of Samaria.

2 Kings 17:30

The people from Babylonia made the god Succoth-Benoth; those from Cuthah made the god Nergal; those from Hamath made Ashima;

2 Kings 18:34

What happened to the gods of Hamath and Arpad? What about the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Were the gods of Samaria able to protect their land against the Assyrian forces?

2 Kings 19:13

The kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah have all disappeared.

2 Chronicles 26:6

While Uzziah was king, he started a war against the Philistines. He smashed the walls of the cities of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod, then rebuilt towns around Ashdod and in other parts of Philistia.

Jeremiah 49:23

The LORD says about Damascus: The towns of Hamath and Arpad have heard your bad news. They have lost hope, and worries roll over them like ocean waves.

Nahum 3:8

Nineveh, do you feel safer than the city of Thebes? The River Nile was its wall of defence.

1 Samuel 17:23

While David was talking with them, Goliath came out from the line of Philistines and started boasting as usual. David heard him.

1 Samuel 17:4

The Philistine army had a hero named Goliath who was from the town of Gath and was about three metres tall.

1 Samuel 5:10

so they sent the sacred chest to Ekron. But before they could take it through the town gates, the people of Ekron started screaming, “They've brought the sacred chest that belongs to the God of Israel! It will kill us and our families too!”

1 Samuel 5:8

The people of Ashdod called all the Philistine rulers to Ashdod, and they asked them, “What can we do with the sacred chest that belongs to the God of Israel?” “Send it to Gath,” the rulers answered. But after they took it there,