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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Amos

800 BC - 745 BC

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In the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, Amos (; Hebrew: עָמוֹס – ʿĀmōs) was one of the Twelve Minor Prophets. According to the Bible, Amos was the older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah and was active c. 760–755 BCE during the rule of kings Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah of Judah and is portrayed as being from the southern Kingdom of Judah yet preaching in the northern Kingdom of Israel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amos has received more than 145,953 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 42 in 2019). Amos is the 249th most popular religious figure (down from 232nd in 2019). (up from 7th in 2019)

Amos is most famous for prophesying the destruction of Israel.

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  • 150k

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  • 71.94

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Amos ranks 249 out of 2,238Before him are Amenhotep I, Ignatius of Antioch, Maximilian Kolbe, Pope Damasus I, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and Demetrius of Thessaloniki. After him are Pope Adrian II, Ezra, Irenaeus, Pope Nicholas I, Joseph of Arimathea, and Zechariah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800 BC, Amos ranks 5Before him are Homer, Hesiod, Isaiah, and Lycurgus of Sparta. After him are Hezekiah, Manasseh of Judah, Esarhaddon, Hoshea, Achaemenes, Jotham of Judah, and Titus Tatius. Among people deceased in 745 BC, Amos ranks 1After him is Kashta.

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