Amon

• Reign of Amonc. 642 BC
• Death of Amonc. 641 BC

Amon (Person)

Father

Manasseh

Mother

Meshullemeth

Spouse

Jedidah

Children

Josiah

• Ἀμών·Amon
• Ἀμώς·Amosmeans “loading; weighty”
• אָמוֹן·Amon

Includes 5 verses that refer to Amon without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 2 Kings 21:18אָמוֹן · Amon
   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 21:19אָמוֹן · Amon
   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 21:20Referred to, not named
   And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
4. 2 Kings 21:21Referred to, not named
   He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
5. 2 Kings 21:22Referred to, not named
   He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
6. 2 Kings 21:23אָמוֹן · Amon
   Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
7. 2 Kings 21:24אָמוֹן · Amon
   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.
8. 2 Kings 21:25אָמוֹן · Amon
   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?
9. 2 Kings 21:26Referred to, not named
   And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.
10. 1 Chronicles 3:14אָמוֹן · Amon
    Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
11. 2 Chronicles 33:20אָמוֹן · Amon
    And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
12. 2 Chronicles 33:21אָמוֹן · Amon
    Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
13. 2 Chronicles 33:22אָמוֹן · Amon
    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,
14. 2 Chronicles 33:23אָמוֹן · Amon
    …but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
15. 2 Chronicles 33:24Referred to, not named
    Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.
16. 2 Chronicles 33:25אָמוֹן · Amon
    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.
17. Jeremiah 1:2אָמוֹן · Amon
    The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
18. Jeremiah 25:3אָמוֹן · Amon
    “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.
19. Zephaniah 1:1אָמוֹן · Amon
    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:
20. Matthew 1:10Ἀμών · Amon; Ἀμώς · Amos
    Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,