Hebrew word · H526

אָמוֹן

'amon

Amon

Appears 17 times in 17 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.21.18;

son of: Manasseh (H4519H) and Meshullemeth (H4922); married to Jedidah (H3040);

father of: Josiah (H2977); also called Amos at Mat.1.10;

§ Amon = "skilled workman" or "master workman"

1) a king of Judah, son of Manasseh

2) a governor of Samaria

3) a descendant of a servant of Solomon

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Kings · 1
  1. 1 Kings 22:26 אָמֹ֣ן Amon

    And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,

2 Kings · 5
  1. 2 Kings 21:18 אָמ֥וֹן 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 21:19 אָמ֣וֹן 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 21:23 אָמ֖וֹן Amon

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

    Here: Son of Manasseh and king of Judah for two years, around 642–640 BC. Naming him here makes the point that these were his own men.

  4. 2 Kings 21:24 אָמ֑וֹן 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.

  5. 2 Kings 21:25 אָמ֖וֹן 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?

1 Chronicles · 1
  1. 1 Chronicles 3:14 אָמ֥וֹן Amon

    Amon his son, and Josiah his son.

2 Chronicles · 6
  1. 2 Chronicles 18:25 אָמ֣וֹן Amon

    And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,

  2. 2 Chronicles 33:20 אָמ֥וֹן Amon

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

  3. 2 Chronicles 33:21 אָמ֣וֹן Amon

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

  4. 2 Chronicles 33:22 אָמ֖וֹן 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,

  5. 2 Chronicles 33:23 אָמ֖וֹן Amon

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

    Here: King of Judah for two years (v. 21). His name is repeated to make the point sharper.

  6. 2 Chronicles 33:25 אָמ֑וֹן 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.

Nehemiah · 1
  1. Nehemiah 7:59 אָמֽוֹן׃ Amon

    the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.

Jeremiah · 2
  1. Jeremiah 1:2 אָמ֖וֹן Amon

    The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

  2. Jeremiah 25:3 אָמוֹן֩ 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.

    Here: Josiah's father, a king remembered for idolatry who was assassinated after two years (2 Kgs 21:19–26). He is named here only to identify Josiah.

Zephaniah · 1
  1. Zephaniah 1:1 אָמ֖וֹן 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:

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