Amo 1:5 | TNotes | STEP | 1:5 Aven and Beth-eden were both connected with Aram and Damascus. Aven (meaning evil, wickedness ) refers to the valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains or the plain of Damascus. The city-state Beth-eden was north of Aram, elsewhere simply called Eden (2 Kgs 19:12 ; Ezek 27:23 ). • The Arameans originally came from Kir (Amos 9:7 ), probably in southern Babylonia; Kir was where Assyria deported them when Damascus fell (2 Kgs 16:9 ). Just as Egypt was a symbol of captivity for Israel (see Deut 28:68 ), Kir represented captivity for Aram.

b2 Kgs 19:12►

cEzek 27:23►

dAmos 9:7►

e2 Kgs 16:9►

fDeut 28:68►

‏ Amos 1:5

1:5 ^a Aven and Beth-eden were both connected with Aram and Damascus. Aven (meaning evil, wickedness) refers to the valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains or the plain of Damascus. The city-state Beth-eden was north of Aram, elsewhere simply called Eden (2 Kgs 19:12 ^b; Ezek 27:23 ^c).

• The Arameans originally came from Kir (Amos 9:7 ^d), probably in southern Babylonia; Kir was where Assyria deported them when Damascus fell (2 Kgs 16:9 ^e). Just as Egypt was a symbol of captivity for Israel (see Deut 28:68 ^f), Kir represented captivity for Aram.