Amon

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Amon was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for continuing the idolatrous practices of his father Manasseh and being assassinated after a short reign.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amon canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical figure ⓘ
Human ⓘ
King of Judah ⓘ
ascensionAge 22 ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Late First Temple period ⓘ
burialPlace Garden of Uzza ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Jerusalem ⓘ
child Josiah ⓘ
chronologicalOrder 15th king of Judah ⓘ
country Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
deathAge 24 ⓘ
deathCause assassination ⓘ
deathManner killed in a conspiracy by his servants ⓘ
deathPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
ethnicGroup Israelites ⓘ
evaluationInDeuteronomisticHistory evil in the sight of the Lord ⓘ
father Manasseh ⓘ
governedFrom Jerusalem ⓘ
governedReligionPolicy toleration of high places and idols ⓘ
governedTerritory Judah ⓘ
house House of David ⓘ
idolatryPractices service to idols made by his father ⓘ
worship of foreign gods ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn 2 Chronicles 33 ⓘ
2 Kings 21 ⓘ
mother Meshullemeth ⓘ
Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz ⓘ
nameVariant Amon of Judah ⓘ
linked to: Amon, king of Judah
notableFor being assassinated by his servants ⓘ
continuing idolatrous practices of Manasseh ⓘ
positionHeld King of Judah ⓘ
predecessor Manasseh ⓘ
reignCharacterization idolatrous ⓘ
reignDuration 2 years ⓘ
reignEnd c. 640 BCE ⓘ
reignStart c. 642 BCE ⓘ
religion Yahwism ⓘ
royalHouse Davidic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of David
scripturalTradition Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
spouse Jedidah ⓘ
Jedidah daughter of Adaiah ⓘ
successor Josiah ⓘ
title King of Judah ⓘ
tribeAssociation Tribe of Judah ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Josiah → father → Amon ⓘ
Josiah → predecessor → Amon ⓘ
Amon Göth → givenName → Amon ⓘ
Amon Tobin → givenName → Amon ⓘ
Amon Göth → givenName → Amon ⓘ
subject linked to: Göth
Chris Amon → familyName → Amon ⓘ