Amos 7 · Verse 13

Amos 7:13

But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
Amos 7:13, King James Version

Amos 7:13 in other translations

BSBBut never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
WEBbut don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
ASVbut prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house.
YLTand at Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the royal house.'
DARBYBut prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.
BBEBut be a prophet no longer at Beth-el: for it is the holy place of the king, and the king's house.
WebsterBut prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.

What does Amos 7:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. prophesy not again--(Am 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 (Ge 28:16, 19; 35:6, 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 But prophesy not - at Beth-el - He must not speak against idolatry, because that was the king's religion; and he who speaks against the king's religion must be an enemy to the state. This was the doctrine held in England by popish James 2 and his insidious Jesuit hireling priests, till God in his mercy put this pitiful tyrant down, and with him his false prophets, and the degrading superstition which they endeavored to establish in these lands.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 7:10-17

It is no new thing for the accusers of the brethren, to misrepresent them as enemies to the king and kingdom, as traitors to their prince, and troublers of the land, when they are the best friends to both. Those who make gain their godliness, and are governed by the hopes of wealth and preferment, are ready to think these the most powerful motives with others also. But those who have a warrant from God, like Amos…

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Amos 7:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבֵֽית\־u.veit-and Beth-H1008
אֵ֔ל'El-elH1008
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
תוֹסִ֥יףto.Sifyou must repeatH3254
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750
לְהִנָּבֵ֑אle.hi.na.Ve'to prophesyH5012
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
מִקְדַּשׁ\־mik.dash-[is] a sanctuary ofH4720
מֶ֙לֶךְ֙Me.lekha kingH4428
ה֔וּאHu'itH1931
וּבֵ֥יתu.Veitand [is] a house ofH1004
מַמְלָכָ֖הmam.la.KhahkingdomH4467
הֽוּא\׃\ \סHu'itH1931

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Amos 7:13

  • 1 Kings 12:32

    And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth–el the priests of the high places which he had made.

  • Amos 2:12

    But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

  • 1 Kings 12:29

    And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan.

  • 1 Kings 13:1

    And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

  • Acts 5:40

    And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

  • Acts 5:28

    Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

  • Acts 4:17-18

    But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
prophesy.
2:12; Ac 4:17,18; 5:28,40
for.
1Ki 12:29,32; 13:1
chapel. or, sanctuary. king's court. Heb. house of thekingdom.

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Context

  • Amos 7:12

    Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

  • Amos 7:13

    But prophesy not again any more at Beth–el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

  • Amos 7:14

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

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Amos 7:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y no profetices más en Beth-el, porque es santuario del rey, y cabecera del reino.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		mais ne prophétise plus à Béthel, car c’est le sanctuaire du roi et la maison du royaume.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber in Bethel sollst du fortan nicht mehr weissagen; denn dies ist ein Heiligtum des Königs, und dies ein königlicher Wohnsitz.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et in Bethel non adjicies ultra ut prophetes, quia sanctificatio regis est, et domus regni est.