Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
An herdman
Bible References
An herdman
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders from Tekoa—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Zechariah 13:5
He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth.
1 Corinthians 1:27
Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.