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What did Amos the prophet do?

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Amos was a Shepard (Amos 1:1)who was born in Tekoa, 10 miles south of Jerusalem. He worked seasonally as a nipper of sycamore figs, and God made him a prophet in the 9^th century BCE. He was sent to the idolatrous 10-tribe kingdom of Israel in the north, and was used as a prophet during the rule of Uzziah, king of Judah and Jeroboam II, son of Joash, king of Israel.
He was also the writer of the book of Amos in the Bible

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