{"id":1511,"date":"2025-03-14T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplemanswalkthroughthebible.org\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2025-03-14T17:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:59:08","slug":"intro-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplemanswalkthroughthebible.org\/?p=1511","title":{"rendered":"Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amos informs us that he was a shepherd who bred sheep and a fruit picker. He is not mentioned anywhere else. He was a simple man with no theological training, he was a farmer, but he was appointed by God as a prophet. There was a school of the prophets but evidently, he didn\u2019t attend there. He was believed to be a contemporary of Hosea, Isaiah and Micah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In chapter 7<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/search\/preSearch.cfm?Criteria=Amos+7.14-15&amp;t=NKJV\">:14-15<\/a> He tells us plainly, \u201c<em>I was no prophet, nor was I a son of a prophet, but I was a sheep breeder and a tender of sycamore fruit. Then the&nbsp;LORD&nbsp;took me as I followed the flock, and the&nbsp;LORD said to me, \u2018Go, prophesy to My people Israel.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He came from Tekoa a city about ten miles from Jerusalem. It seems that he delivered his prophetic message at Bethel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/search\/preSearch.cfm?Criteria=Amos+7.13&amp;t=NKJV\">Amos 7:13<\/a>), one of the southernmost cities of Israel which was not far from Tekoa. His name means \u2018burden\u2019. He was a burden bearer, a worker burdened for the working classes. 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