Amos 1:5
I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the Lord.
Note Or the inhabitants
Note Aven means wickedness.
I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.
Note the plain…: or, Bikathaven
Note the house…: or, Beth-eden
I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,” says the Lord.
And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- break
- Isaiah 43:14; Jeremiah 50:36; Jeremiah 51:30; Lamentations 2:9; Nahum 3:13
- the people
- Amos 9:7; 2 Kings 16:9