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Amo 7:14 — Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

neither		1Ki 20:35; 2Ki 2:3,5,7; 2Ki 4:38; 2Ki 6:1; 2Ch 16:7; 2Ch 19:2; 2Ch 20:34
an herdman		Amo 1:1; Zec 13:5; 1Cr 1:27
a gatherer		"Rather, as bolais is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [knizon] vellicans, ""a scraping,"" or a scraper of sycamores; for the fruit does not ripen till it is rubbed with iron combs."
sycomore fruit		or, wild figs.

Correlating Passages

neither

	1Ki 20:35	And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
	2Ki 2:3	And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.
	2Ki 2:5	And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.
	2Ki 2:7	And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
	2Ki 4:38	And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and [there was] a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets [were] sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
	2Ki 6:1	And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
	2Ch 16:7	And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
	2Ch 19:2	And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore [is] wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
	2Ch 20:34	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who [is] mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

an herdman

	Amo 1:1	The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
	Zec 13:5	But he shall say, I [am] no prophet, I [am] an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
	1Cr 1:27	But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

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Scott, Thomas. "Amos 7:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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