He was one of the Three Wise Men who visited Jesus when he was born in Bethlehem, and Jewish recorders referred to and gave him by the name "Amos Magi", meaning "Amos Wise" (Hebrew: עמוס חכם) which was actually meant to be "Amos the Wise". Some Biblical sources also referred to him by "Amos Balthazar" and referred to his native language as "sounding similar but not too close to Hebrew", meaning his native tongue could have been Arabic or an Arabian language. Arab and Islamic sources refer to his name as Balthazar.