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Amon

Died 639 BC traditional (Jones)

The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. He restored idolatry, and set up the images which his father had cast down.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Manasseh
Mother
Meshullemeth
Partner
Jedidah
Child
Josiah
Born at
Jerusalem
Died at
Jerusalem
Tagged in
15 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Stories

2 events in which Amon takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. 641 BCReign of Amon2 Kgs 21:19-26
  2. 639 BCDeath of Amon2 Kgs 21:23

Places

Places named in the same verses as Amon, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Jerusalem2
  2. possible location: Jotbah1
  3. likely location: Uzza1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1155–536 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

15 tagged verses in 6 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Kings5
  2. 1 Chronicles1
  3. 2 Chronicles5
  4. Jeremiah2
  5. Zephaniah1
  6. Matthew1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBAmon 21
KJVAmon 19
ASVAmon 20

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Every verse

All 15 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings5 verses
  1. 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. 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. 21:23

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

  4. 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. 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 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 3:14

    Amon his son, and Josiah his son.

2 Chronicles5 verses
  1. 33:20

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

  2. 33:21

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

  3. 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,

  4. 33:23

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

  5. 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.

Jeremiah2 verses
  1. 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,

  2. 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.

Zephaniah1 verse
  1. 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:

Matthew1 verse
  1. 1:10

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

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

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