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King of Judah, son of Manasseh

Amon

Named in 15 verses across 6 books, first in 2 Kings 21:18.

אָמוֹןAmon

ἈμώνAmon

ἈμώςAmos

Also called Amos.

The name means “faithful; true.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

Father
Manasseh
Mother
Meshullemeth
Married to
Jedidah
Children
Josiah
People
Tribe of Judah

About Amon Written by AI

Amon was the son of Manasseh and the 15th king of Judah. He began his reign at the age of 22 and ruled for two years in Jerusalem. Amon followed the evil practices of his father Manasseh, worshiping idols and doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father had done. Amon's servants conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace. However, the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place. Amon was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. The prophets Jeremiah and Zephaniah began their ministries during the reign of Josiah, Amon's son. Amon is also mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Amon, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Builder. (1.) The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25).

(2.) The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. He restored idolatry, and set up the images which his father had cast down. Zephaniah (1:4; 3:4, 11) refers to the moral depravity prevailing in this king’s reign.

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He was assassinated (2 Kings 21:18-26: 2 Chr. 33:20-25) by his own servants, who conspired against him.

(3.) An Egyptian god, usually depicted with a human body and the head of a ram, referred to in Jer. 46:25, where the word “multitudes” in the Authorized Version is more appropriately rendered “Amon” in the Revised Version. In Nah. 3:8 the expression “populous No” of the Authorized version is rendered in the Revised Version “No-amon.” Amon is identified with Ra, the sun-god of Heliopolis.

(4.) Neh. 7:59.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. 2 Kings 21:18

    And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

  2. 2 Kings 21:19

    Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

  3. 2 Kings 21:23

    Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.

  4. 2 Kings 21:24

    But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

  5. 2 Kings 21:25

    As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

  6. 1 Chronicles 3:14

    Amon his son, and Josiah his son.

  7. 2 Chronicles 33:20

    And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

  8. 2 Chronicles 33:21

    Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.

  9. 2 Chronicles 33:22

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,

  10. 2 Chronicles 33:23

    but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

  11. 2 Chronicles 33:25

    But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

  12. Jeremiah 1:2

    The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

  13. Jeremiah 25:3

    “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

  14. Zephaniah 1:1

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:

  15. Matthew 1:10

    Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.