Matthew Poole and continuators on Amos 1:6

6 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Gaza , and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof , because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom .

Vid. ver. 3. let. a.

The principal City of the Philistines, all the rest are to be understood, and here the City is named, but the Inhabitants are meant also with the City, antient and strong, the sea[illegible: 1 letter] of the Anakims, conquered by Iudah, yet lost soon after to the old inhabitants.

Vid. ver. 3. let. c.

This refers to the inroad by the Philistins and Arabians, made upon Iudah in the dayes of Iehoram, the son of Iehoshaphat, the violence and cruelty of which, is set forth 2 Chron. 21.16, 17. about the 3116th year of the World, and this is that which is here threatned, as a sin that should be punisht.

The posterity of Esau, who were inveterate enemies to the posterity of Iacob, and as ill neighbours are, so were these, the worst enemies the Iacobites had, as appears Ezek. 25.12. and Obad. 10.11, 12, 13, 14. and Psal. 137.7. These Edomites were ever ready to oppress, enslave, and tyrannize over the Iewes, if by any means they could by force or fraud get them into their hands.

Marginal references: Jer. 47.4, 5. Zeph. 2.4.; Or, carryed them away with an entire captivity.