²⁶ Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the ^(A)Tekoite,

⁶ He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Judgment on Neighbor Nations

1 The words of Amos, who was among the ^(A)sheepherders from ^(B)Tekoa, which he saw in visions concerning Israel in the days of ^(C)Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of ^(D)Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the ^(E)earthquake.