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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 7:13 - 7:13
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prophesy not again - (Amo 2:12).
at Beth-el - Amaziah wants to be let alone at least in his own residence.
the king’s chapel - Beth-el was preferred by the king to Dan, the other seat of the calf-worship, as being nearer Samaria, the capital, and as hallowed by Jacob of old (Gen 28:16, Gen 28:19; Gen 35:6, Gen 35:7). He argues by implication against Amos’ presumption, as a private man, in speaking against the worship sanctioned by the king, and that in the very place consecrated to it for the king’s own devotions.
king’s court - that is, residence: the seat of empire, where the king holds his court, and which thou oughtest to have reverenced. Samaria was the usual king’s residence: but for the convenience of attending the calf-worship, a royal palace was at Beth-el also.