Minor prophets · Old Testament · 9 chapters
Amos quiz
How well do you know Amos? Start with these 3 free questions. Tap an answer to check it: each one is explained with the verse it comes from. The full quiz (25 questions, from easy to hard and chapter by chapter) is in Bible Academy.
Easy questions
1. What was Amos’s occupation before God called him?
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Answer: Shepherd and sycamore-fig grower. “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit.” Amos 7:14
2. Which priest of Bethel orders Amos to flee to Judah?
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Answer: Amaziah. Amaziah, priest of Bethel, denounces Amos to Jeroboam and then tells him: “O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah.” Amos 7:10–12
3. Complete: “Let justice run down as waters, and righteousness as…”
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Answer: a mighty stream that never dries up. “But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream”: God wants justice rather than feasts. Amos 5:24