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Amon

Mentioned in 15 verses across 6 books, first in 2 Kings 21:18. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

The first 10 of 15 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Kings

  • 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 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.

  • 2 Kings 21:23

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

  • 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.

  • 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?

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

  • 2 Chronicles 33:20

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

  • 2 Chronicles 33:21

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

  • 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,

  • 2 Chronicles 33:23

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

Events

Events the dataset lists Amon as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. 642 BC
    Reign of Amon2 Kings 21:19–26 · at Jerusalem
  2. c. 640 BC
    Death of Amon2 Kings 21:23 · at Uzza

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

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.

He was assassinated (2 Kings 21:18-26: 2 Chr. 33:20-25) by his own servants, who conspired against him.55

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