People of the Bible

Amon

662 BC – 640 BC · Genealogy of Jesus · Tribe of Judah

Family

Born: Jerusalem
Died: Jerusalem

In the story

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.

Reign of Amon · 641 BC
Death of Amon · 640 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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

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

Named in 15 verses

2 Kings: 21:18, 21:19, 21:23, 21:24, 21:25
1 Chronicles: 3:14
2 Chronicles: 33:20, 33:21, 33:22, 33:23, 33:25
Jeremiah: 1:2, 25:3
Zephaniah: 1:1
Matthew: 1:10

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.