jan 1, 800 BC - Prophecy of Amos

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EXAMINATION OF ANACHRONISMS IN BIBLICAL AND ASSYRIAN CHRONOLOGIES by Gerard Gertoux

The end of the kingdom of Damascus fulfilled a prophecy in Amos 1:1-5 (c. 800 BCE): The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah (810-758) the king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam (823-782) the son of Joash, the king of Israel, two years before the earthquake (...) I will send a fire on the house of Hazael (885- 840), and it shall devour the fortresses of Ben-Hadad (840-805). And I will break the (gate) bar of Damascus and I will cut off the one who reigns from the Valley of Trouble and the one who grasps the sceptre from Beth-Eden (Bīt-Adīni) and the people of Aram will be deported to Qir.