Amon
אָמוֹןStrong’s H0526amon (a-mon)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Amon is the Hebrew word usually translated “amon”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;”
Meaning
- A king of Judah, son of Manasseh
- A governor of Samaria
- A descendant of a servant of Solomon
- A king of Judah, son of Manasseh
- A governor of Samaria
- A descendant of a servant of Solomon
How it's translated
- amon 17
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 6
- 2 Kings 5
- Jeremiah 2
- 1 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Nehemiah 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 21:18And 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 Kings 21:19Amon 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.
- 2 Kings 21:23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
- 2 Kings 21:24And 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.
- 2 Kings 21:25Now 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?
- 1 Chronicles 3:14Amon his son, Josiah his son.
Hebrew dictionary
אָמוֹן amon · Amon
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.22.26 § 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
אָמוֹן amon · Amon
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.