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12. And Amos the prophet. He was born in Tekoa from the land of Zebulun. He is the father of Isaiah the prophet. And Amaziah the priest of Bethel, having frequently beaten him, reviled him in ambush, and finally the son of Amaziah killed him, striking him on the temple with a club, because he had rebuked him concerning the snare of the two golden calves. And while still breathing he came to his own land; and he died and was buried there with his fathers.

13. Micah the prophet. He was born in Morasthi 18 of the tribe of Ephraim. This man did many things to Ahab, king of Judah; and by Joram his son he was killed, being thrown from a cliff, because he rebuked him for his impieties and those of his fathers which he had done. And having died he was buried in Morasthi in his own land, all alone near the common burial ground; and his tomb is well-known to this day.

14. And Joel the prophet. He was from the field of Bethom from the land of Reuben; and he prophesied many things concerning Jerusalem and the end of the nations. And seeing, he died in peace and was buried gloriously in Bethom in his own land.

15. Obadiah the prophet. He was from Shechem from the field of Bethachamar. This is the third captain of fifty whom Elijah the Tishbite spared, and he went down and came to the king. And after these things, having left his royal post, he attached himself to the prophet Elijah and became his disciple; and having endured much for his sake, he was saved; and having died he was buried in the field of Bethachamar with his fathers.

16. Jonah the prophet. He then was from the land of Kiriath-maous 19 near Azotus, a city of the Greeks, by the sea. At that time Elijah the prophet was rebuking Ahab king of Samaria, and having called a great famine upon the land he fled into the desert; and he was fed by the ravens; and he drank water from the brook. And when the brook dried up, he became hungry. And he came to Zarephath of Sidon to a poor widow woman, who was the mother of Jonah, and he entered her house; and she did for him as he commanded her; and he ate and blessed her with grain and oil and stayed with her. For he could not stay with uncircumcised people, and God raised her dead son Jonah through Elijah and gave him back alive to his mother because of her hospitality. And when Jonah came of age he was sent to Nineveh to the Assyrians. And Jonah sought to flee the Lord and was swallowed by the great fish, wishing to go to Tarshish; and having come out of the great fish he preached the destruction of Nineveh. And the Ninevites repented to God and received mercy. And Jonah was grieved, and having returned he did not remain in his own land, but taking his mother he sojourned in the land of Sur, a country of foreigners. For he said, "1oThus I may remove the reproach, because I prophesied falsely against 20 Nineveh."2 And having dwelt in the land of Saar he died there and was buried in the cave of Kenaz the judge. And he prophesied that: when they should see in Jerusalem many nations from the west, it will be destroyed to its foundations.

17. And Nahum the prophet. He was from Elkosh beyond the Jordan in Begabar; of the tribe of Simeon. This one after Jonah gave a sign against Nineveh, that it would be destroyed by fresh waters and an earthly fire, which also happened. For the lake surrounding it during an earthquake, and a fire coming from the desert, burned all its higher parts. And Nahum died in peace, and was buried in his own land of Begabar.

18. Habakkuk the prophet. He was from the field of Beth-zuchar, of the tribe of Simeon. He saw before the captivity concerning the capture of Jerusalem, and he mourned greatly over the city and the people. And when Nebuchadnezzar came to Jerusalem

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ιβʹ. Ἀμὼς δὲ ὁ προφήτης. Οὗτος ἐγεννήθη ἐν Θεκουὲ ἐκ γῆς Ζαβουλών. Ἔστι δὲ πατὴρ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου. Ἀμασίας δὲ ὁ ἱερεὺς Βεθὴλ συχνῶς αὐτὸν τυμπανίσας ἐνέδρᾳ αὐτὸν ἐλοιδόρει, εἰς τέλος δὲ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτὸν ὁ υἱὸς Ἀμασίου ἐν ῥοπάλῳ πλήξας αὐτὸν κατὰ τοῦ κροτάφου, ὅτι ἤλεγχεν αὐτὸν περὶ τῆς ἐνέδρας τῶν δύο δαμάλεων τῶν χρυσῶν. Καὶ ἔτι ἐμπνέων ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἀπέθανε καὶ ἐτάφη ἐκεῖ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ.

ιγʹ. Μιχαίας ὁ προφήτης. Οὗτος ἐγεννήθη ἐν Μοραθὶ 18 ἐκ φυλῆς Ἐφραΐμ. Πολλὰ ἐποίησεν οὗτος τῷ Ἀχαὰβ βασι-λεῖ Ἰούδα· ὑπὸ δὲ Ἰωρὰμ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀναιρεῖται κρημ-νωθείς, ὅτι ἤλεγχεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ταῖς ἀσεβείαις αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ὧν ἐποίησεν. Καὶ θανὼν ἐτάφη ἐν Μοραθὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ μονώτατος σύνεγγυς τοῦ πολυανδρίου· καὶ ἔστιν ὁ τάφος αὐτοῦ εὔγνωστος ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.

ιδʹ. Ἰωῆλ δὲ ὁ προφήτης. Οὗτος ἦν ἐξ ἀγροῦ Βηθὼμ ἐκ τῆς γῆς Ῥουβίμ· πολλὰ δὲ προεφήτευσε περὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τέλους ἐθνῶν. Ὁρῶν δὲ ἀπέθανεν ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ ἐτάφη Βηθὼμ ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ ἐνδόξως.

ιεʹ. Ἀβδιοῦ ὁ προφήτης. Οὗτος ἦν ἐκ τῆς Συχὲμ ἐξ ἀγροῦ Βηθθαχάμαρ. Οὗτος ἐστὶν ὁ τρίτος πεντηκόνταρχος, οὗ ἐφείσατο Ἠλίας ὁ Θεσβίτης, καὶ κατέβη καὶ ἦλθε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα. Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἀπολιπὼν τὴν βασιλικὴν αὐτοῦ τάξιν, προσεκολλήθη τῷ προφήτῃ Ἠλίᾳ καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ μαθητής· καὶ πολλὰ ὑπομείνας δι' αὐτὸν περιεσώζετο· καὶ θανὼν ἐτάφη ἐν ἀγρῷ Βηθθαχάμαρ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ.

ιςʹ. Ἰωνᾶς ὁ προφήτης. Οὗτος οὖν ἐκ γῆς Καριαθμαοὺμ 19 πλησίον Ἀζώτου πόλεως Ἑλλήνων κατὰ θάλασσαν. Ἦν τότεἨλίας ὁ προφήτης ἐλέγχων τὸν Ἀχαὰβ βασιλέα Σαμαρείας καὶ καλέσας λιμὸν μεγάλην ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἔφυγεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· καὶ ἐτρέφετο ἐκ τῶν κοράκων· καὶ ἔπινεν ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ χειμάῤῥου. Καὶ ὅτε ἐξηράνθη ὁ χείμαῤῥος ἐπείνασε. Καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Σαρεφθὰ τῆς Σιδονίας πρὸς γυναῖκα χήραν πενι- χράν, ἥτις ἦν μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰωνᾶ, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὡς προσέταξεν αὐτῇ· καὶ ἔφαγε καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτῇ σίτῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ καὶ ἔμεινε μετ' αὐτῆς. Οὐ γὰρ ἠδύνατο μεῖναι μετ' ἀπεριτμήτων καὶ θανόντα τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς Ἰωνᾶν ἀνέστησεν ὁ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ Ἠλία καὶ ἀπέδωκεν αὐτὸν ζῶντα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν φιλοξενίαν. Καὶ γενόμενος ἡλικίας ὁ Ἰωνᾶς ἀπεστάλη εἰς Νινευῒν πρὸς τοὺς Ἀσσυρίους. Καὶ ἐζήτησεν Ἰωνᾶς ἀποδρᾶσαι κύριον καὶ κατεπόθη ὑπὸ τοῦ κήτους πορευθῆναι βουλόμενος εἰςΘαρσεῖς· ἐξελθὼν δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κήτους ἐκήρυξε τὴν ἀπώλειαν Νινευΐ. Καὶ μετενόησαν οἱ Νινευΐται τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἠλεήθησαν. Καὶ ἐλυπήθη Ἰωνᾶς, καὶ ἀνακάμψας οὐκ ἔμεινεν εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ παραλαβὼν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ παρῴκησε τὴν Σοὺρ χώραν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων. Ἔλεγε γὰρ, ὅτι "1οὕτως ἀφῶμαι τὸν ὀνειδισμόν, ὅτι ἐψευσάμην προφητεύσας κατὰ20 Νινευΐ."2 Καὶ κατοικήσας ἐν γῇ Σαὰρ ἐκεῖ ἀπέθανε καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ τοῦ Κενεζέου κριτοῦ. Ἐπροφήτευσε δὲ ὅτι· ὅταν ἴδωσιν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἔθνη πολλὰ ὑπὸ δυτικῶν, ἕως ἐδάφους ἀφανισθήσεται.

ιζʹ. Ναοὺμ δὲ ὁ προφήτης. Οὗτος ἦν ἀπὸ Ἐλκέσιν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου εἰς Βηγαβάρ· ἐκ φυλῆς Συμεών. Οὗτος μετὰ τὸν Ἰωνᾶν τέρας ἔδωκεν ἐπὶ Νινευΐ, ὅτι ὑπὸ ὑδάτων γλυκέων καὶ πυρὸς ἐπιγείου ἀπολεῖται, ὃ καὶ γέγονεν. Ἡ γὰρ περιέχουσα αὐτὴν λίμνη ἐν σεισμῷ καὶ πῦρ ἐκ τῆς ἐρήμου ἐπελθὸν πάντα τὰ ὑψηλότερα αὐτῆς ἐνέπρησεν μέρη. Ἀπέ- θανε δὲ Ναοὺμ ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ἐτάφη δὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ Βη- γαβάρ.

ιηʹ. Ἀμβακοὺμ ὁ προφήτης. Οὗτος ἦν ἐξ ἀγροῦ Βυζ- ζουχὰρ ἐκ φυλῆς Συμεών. Οὗτος εἶδε πρὸ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας περὶ τῆς ἁλώσεως Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἐπένθησε σφόδρα ἐπὶ τῇ πόλει καὶ τῷ λαῷ. Καὶ ὅτε ἦλθεν Ναβουχοδονόσορ εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ