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
Words of Amos -- who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa -- that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking;
Zechariah 13:5
And one hath said, 'I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground is my possession from my youth.'
1 Corinthians 1:27
but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;