Amos 1:4
Strong's Lexicon
So I will send
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי (wə·šil·laḥ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

fire
אֵ֖שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: 1) fire 1a) fire, flames 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany) 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching) 1d) altar-fire 1e) God's anger (fig.)

upon the house
בְּבֵ֣ית (bə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

of Hazael
חֲזָאֵ֑ל (ḥă·zā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2371: Hazael = 'one who sees God' 1) a king of Syria; sent by his master, Ben-hadad, to the prophet Elisha, to seek a remedy for Ben-hadad's leprosy; apparently later killed Ben-hadad, assumed the throne, and soon became engaged in a war with the kings of Judah and Israel for the possession of the city of Ramoth-gilead

to consume
וְאָכְלָ֖ה (wə·’ā·ḵə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

the citadels
אַרְמְנ֥וֹת (’ar·mə·nō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 759: 1) citadel, palace, fortress

of
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew :

Ben-hadad.
הֲדָֽד׃ (hă·ḏāḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1130: Ben-hadad = 'son of [the false god] Hadad' 1) the king of Syria, contemporary with Asa of Judah 2) the son of Hazael, also king of Syria

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have sent a fire against the house of Hazael, And it hath consumed the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace, and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

New American Standard Bible
"So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

King James Bible
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.

New Living Translation
So I will send down fire on King Hazael's palace, and the fortresses of King Ben-hadad will be destroyed.

English Standard Version
So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

New American Standard Bible
"So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

King James Bible
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael's palace, and it will consume Ben-hadad's citadels.

International Standard Version
So I will send down fire upon the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

NET Bible
So I will set Hazael's house on fire; fire will consume Ben Hadad's fortresses.

American Standard Version
but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

English Revised Version
but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have sent a fire against the house of Hazael, And it hath consumed the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
















Cross References
1 Kings 20:1
And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

2 Kings 6:24
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Ezekiel 30:8
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

Ezekiel 39:6
And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Amos 1:3
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

Amos 1:2
And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

Amos 1:5
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.

Amos 1:6
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

Amos 1:7
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
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