Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore trees;
l Nat. Hist. l. 13. c. 7. m L. 1. c. 143. n Hist. l. 4. c. 2. o Travels in Egypt and Nubis, vol. 1. p. 79, 80. p Nat. Hist. l. 13. c. 7. q Polyhistor. c. 45. r T. Bab Pesachim, fol. 56. 1. 57. 1. & Menachot, fol. 71. 1. s Misn. Shevath, c. 9. sect. 2. & Bava Bathra, c. 2. sect. 7. t בזלס "disquirens", Montanus, Vatablus "perquirens", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Burkius. So R. Sol. Urbin Ohel Moed, fol. 31. 2.