Amo 7:9 | TNotes | STEP | 7:9 pagan shrines ... temples: Every vestige of the apostate Israelite religion, from the common high places to the royal shrine at Bethel, would be destroyed. • of your ancestors (literally of Isaac ): Isaac stands for Israel’s ancestors, the fathers of the nation. • dynasty of King Jeroboam: Jeroboam II died of natural causes (2 Kgs 14:29 ), but the murder of his son and successor, Zechariah, after a reign of less than a year (2 Kgs 15:8-10 ; see 2 Kgs 10:28-31 ), initiated instability in Israel’s government that it never overcame (2 Kgs 15:10-31 ).

b2 Kgs 14:29►

c2 Kgs 15:8-10►

d2 Kgs 10:28-31►

e2 Kgs 15:10-31►

‏ Amos 7:9

7:9 ^a pagan shrines ... temples: Every vestige of the apostate Israelite religion, from the common high places to the royal shrine at Bethel, would be destroyed.

• of your ancestors (literally of Isaac): Isaac stands for Israel’s ancestors, the fathers of the nation.

• dynasty of King Jeroboam: Jeroboam II died of natural causes (2 Kgs 14:29 ^b), but the murder of his son and successor, Zechariah, after a reign of less than a year (2 Kgs 15:8-10 ^c; see 2 Kgs 10:28-31 ^d), initiated instability in Israel’s government that it never overcame (2 Kgs 15:10-31 ^e).