Amos 1:5

New Century Version

I will break down the bar of the gate to Damascus and destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven, as well as the leader of Beth Eden. The people of Aram will be taken captive to the country of Kir,” says the Lord.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:28

Everything else Jeroboam did is written down—all his victories and how he won back from Judah the towns of Damascus and Hamath for Israel. All this is written in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 16:9

So the king of Assyria listened to Ahaz. He attacked Damascus and captured it and sent all its people away to Kir. And he killed Rezin.

Isaiah 22:6

The soldiers from Elam will gather their arrows and their chariots and men on horses. Kir will prepare their shields.

Isaiah 43:14

This is what the Lord, who saves you, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I will send armies to Babylon for you, and I will knock down all its locked gates. The Babylonians will shout their cries of sorrow.

Isaiah 8:4

because the king of Assyria will take away all the wealth and possessions of Damascus and Samaria before the boy learns to say ‘my father’ or ‘my mother.’ ”

Jeremiah 50:36

Let a sword kill her false prophets, and they will become fools. Let a sword kill her warriors, and they will be full of terror.

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting. They stay in their protected cities. Their strength is gone, and they have become like frightened women. Babylon’s houses are burning. The bars of her gates are broken.

Lamentations 2:9

Jerusalem’s gates have fallen to the ground; he destroyed and smashed the bars of the gates. Her king and her princes are among the nations. The teaching of the Lord has stopped, and the prophets do not have visions from the Lord.

Ezekiel 27:23

“ ‘People of Haran, Canneh, Eden, and the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad became merchants for you.

Ezekiel 30:17

The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall dead in war, and the people will be taken away as captives.

Hosea 10:8

The places of false worship will be destroyed, the places where Israel sins. Thorns and weeds will grow up and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Amos 5:5

But do not look in Bethel or go to Gilgal, and do not go down to Beersheba. The people of Gilgal will be taken away as captives, and Bethel will become nothing.”

Amos 9:7

The Lord says, “Israel, you are no different to me than the people of Cush. I brought Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Crete, and the Arameans from Kir.

Nahum 3:13

Look at your soldiers. They are all women! The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies; fire has burned the bars of your gates.