Amos 1:4

I will send. fire. Compare Amos 1:7; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:12; Amos 2:2; Amos 2:5. Refer to Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 49:27; Jeremiah 50:32.Hosea 8:14.

Hazael. Compare 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Kings 10:32, as; Amo 18:3.

palaces: or fortresses. Hebrew. 'armon. Occurs (in plural) twelve times in Amos (see App-10): Amos 1:4; Amos 1:7; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:12; Amos 1:14; Amos 2:2; Amos 2:5; Amos 3:9; Amos 3:10; Amos 3:11; Amos 6:8. seven times with the verb "devour" (Hebrew. akal).

Ben-hadad. An official title of the Syrian kings. son of Hadad i.e. the sun-god. The Ben-hadad of 2 Kings 13:3. not of 2 Kings 8:7-15.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ben — hadad — Ben — hadad was to the Syrian kings a common name, as Pharaoh to the Egyptian kings, and Caesar to the Roman emperors.

⁴ But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

Related Commentaries of Amos 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 1:4