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People of the Bible

Amnon

Tribe of Judah

Family

Father
David
Mother
Ahinoam
Brothers and sisters
Eliada, Eliphalet, Elishama, Elishua, Elpalet, Ibhar, Japhia, Jerimoth, Nepheg, Nogah, Tamar
Half-brothers and sisters
Absalom, Adonijah, Daniel, Ithream, Nathan, Shammua, Shephatiah, Shobab, Solomon
Born
Hebron

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Chr. 3:1; 2 Sam. 3:2). Absalom caused him to be put to death for his great crime in the matter of Tamar (2 Sam. 13:28, 29).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 21 verses

2 Samuel
3:2, 13:1, 13:2, 13:3, 13:4, 13:6, 13:7, 13:8, 13:9, 13:10, 13:15, 13:20, 13:22, 13:26, 13:27, 13:28, 13:29, 13:32, 13:33, 13:39
1 Chronicles
3:1

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.