Amos 1:14

But I will kindle a fire Varied from I will sendof the other cases: see on Amos 1:4.

in the wall of Rabbah The capital city of the Ammonites, and indeed the only Ammonite city mentioned in the O.T.: named elsewhere, 2 Samuel 11:1; 2Sa 12:27; 2 Samuel 12:29 (1 Chronicles 20:1); Joshua 13:25; Jeremiah 49:3; Ezekiel 25:5; called more fully -Rabbah of the Ammonites," Deuteronomy 3:11; 2Sa 12:26; 2 Samuel 17:27; Jeremiah 49:2; Ezekiel 21:25 (Heb. 20). From Ptolemy Philadelphia (b.c. 287 245) it received the name of Philadelpheia: in the Middle Ages it was known as -Ammân, a name which it still bears. It was situated about 25 miles N.E. of the N. end of the Dead Sea, in the valley forming the upper course of the Jabbok, now called the Wâdy -Ammân. The stream is perennial, and is well-stocked with fish: one of its sources, the -Ain-Ammân,is a little above the city, to the W. The present remains are chiefly of the Roman period, comprising a fortress, theatre, odeum, baths, a street of columns and gate, mausolea, &c. The fortress stands upon a hill, which rises on a triangular piece of ground on the N. of the stream to a height of some 300 400 ft., the city lying in the valley to the South. This lower city, situated on the banks of the -Ammân, is probably the "city of the waters" stated to have been taken by Joab in 2 Samuel 12:27. There is a full description, with plan and views, of the existing ruins, in the Survey of Eastern Palestine(published by the Palestine Exploration Society) 19 64: see also D.B[138] 1 s.v.(with a view).

[138] .B.… Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, Exodus 1, or (from A to J) Exodus 2.

with shouting in the day of battle The -shouting" is the battle-cry of the advancing foe: cf. Job 39:25; Jeremiah 4:19; Jeremiah 49:2 (A.V., R.V., -alarm"), &c., and the corresponding verb, Jdg 7:21; 1 Samuel 17:52.

with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind A figurative description of the onslaught of the foe: it will level all before it, like a destructive hurricane.