Amos 1:5 (KJV)

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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

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Cross-references

break. Isa 43:14 Jer 50:36 Jer 51:30 La 2:9 Na 3:13

the people. Am 9:7 2Ki 16:9

the plain of Aven. or, Bikath-aven.Probably Heliopolis, now Baalbek, situated between Libanus and Antilibanus, 56 miles N. W. of Damascus, according to Antoninus, and celebrated for its temple of the sun. the house of Eden. or, Beth-eden.Probably the village of Eden, in Mount Lebanon, marks the site of this place. It is delightfully situated by the side of a most rich and cultivated valley, contains about 400 or 500 families, and is, according to modern authorities, about 20 miles S. E. of Tripoli, and five miles from the cedars.

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