II. Amos, the Father of the Prophet Isaiah, was, as it is said, the Son of King Joash, and Brother to Amaziah. The Rabbins1 pretend, that Amos, Isaiah’s Father, was a Prophet, as well as his Son, according to the rule received among them, that when the Father of a Prophet is called in Scripture by his name, it is an indication that he has had the gift of Prophecy. S. Austin2 conjectured that the Prophet Amos, the fourth among the small Prophets, was the Father of Isaiah. But the names of these two persons are written differently3. Besides, Amos, Isaiah’s Father, was, as well as he himself, of Jerusalem, and of much superior quality to the Prophet Amos, who was one that had the keeping of the larger sort of Cattle. Some are of opinion, that the 2 Chron. xxv. 7, 8.Man of God who spake to King Amaziah, and obliged him to send back the hundred thousand Men of Israel whom he had purchased to march against the Edomites, was Amos the Father of Isaiah, and Brother to King Amaziah. But this opinion is supported by no proofs.
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