Amon אָמוֹן

King of Judah. Amon, the son of Manasseh, was the 15th king of Judah who reigned for two years before being assassinated by his servants.

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Also called Amos.

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In the genealogy of Jesus · Kings of Israel and Judah

Where Amon appears

2 Kings (5), 2 Chronicles (5), Jeremiah (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Zephaniah (1), Matthew (1)

Key verses

• 2 Kings 21:18 first mention — And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 21:19 — Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
• 2 Kings 21:23 — And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
• 2 Kings 21:24 — And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
• 1 Chronicles 3:14 — Amon his son, Josiah his son.
• 2 Chronicles 33:20 — So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Chronicles 33:23 — And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
• 2 Chronicles 33:25 — But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
• Jeremiah 1:2 — To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
• Jeremiah 25:3 — From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
• Zephaniah 1:1 — The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
• Matthew 1:10 — And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.