Strong H526H526Hאָמוֹן

Amon

One of the 3 senses of Strong H526

Transliteration
'âmôn
Pronunciation
aw-mone'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

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;

Meaning of the name

Amon = "skilled workman" or "master workman"

General definition

The same as H525; {Amon} the name of three Israelites: - Amon.

In the biblical story

Amon

King of Judah, son of Manasseh

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

In the Bible

Strong H526H appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • amon14

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 21:18
    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. 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.
  3. 2 Kings 21:23
    And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
  4. 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.
  5. 2 Kings 21:25
    Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
  6. 1 Chronicles 3:14
    Amon his son, Josiah his son.
  7. 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.
  8. 2 Chronicles 33:21
    Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
  9. 2 Chronicles 33:22
    But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
  10. 2 Chronicles 33:23
    And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
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