Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Clay,

> Hi, I'm back with a history question.
>
> What do the historians on b-hebrew have to say about about the earth
> quake in Amos 1:1? Does Zechariah 14:5 make reference to the same event?

HH: Yes, it was the same earthquake. On the basis of archeological 
findings it is dated to 760 B.C. (Yadin et al., Hazor II, 24-26, 
36-37, as cited in Jeffrey Niehaus, Amos [T. E. McComiskey, ed. The 
Minor Prophets {Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992}] 336).

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard