Amos 7:14 (KJV)

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Then answered Amos and said to Amaziah I was no prophet neither was I a ophet’s son but I was an herdman and a gatherer of sycomore fruit

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neither. 1Ki 20:35 2Ki 2:3 2Ki 2:5 2Ki 2:7 2Ki 4:38 2Ki 6:1 2Ch 16:7 2Ch 19:2 2Ch 20:34

an herdman. Am 1:1 Zec 13:5 1Co 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. sycamore fruit. or, wild figs.

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