Person · one of several with this name
Amon
Mentioned in 15 verses across 6 books, first in 2 Chronicles 33:20. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 5 verses in 2 Chronicles, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
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.
- 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.
Events
Events the dataset lists Amon as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 642 BCReign of Amon
- c. 640 BCDeath of Amon
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