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Judgment on the Top
The prophecy specifically mentions the king and his princes being exiled together. Commentators explain this signifies the complete collapse of the nation's leadership. The very people who counseled and led Ammon into sin and cruelty would share its fate, ensuring no one was left to rally the nation or resist God's judgment.
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Albert Barnes
On Amos 1:15
18th Century
Theologian
And their king – The king was commonly, in those nations, the center of their energy. When “he and his princes” were “gone into captivity,” …
Charles Ellicott
On Amos 1:15
19th Century
Bishop
Their king—not as the Syrian and Vulgate read the original, Malcam or Milcom (that is, Moloch). The English Vers…
John Calvin
On Amos 1:13–15
16th Century
Theologian
He now prophesies against the Ammonites, who also derived their origin from the same common stock, for they were the descendants of Lot, as it is w…
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John Gill
On Amos 1:15
17th Century
Pastor
And their king shall go into captivity
Not only the common people that are left of the sword shall be carried captiv…