Amon, king of Judah

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Amon, king of Judah, was a late 7th-century BCE monarch of the Kingdom of Judah whose brief and idolatrous reign ended in assassination, leading to the succession of his son Josiah.

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Amon of Judah 3
Amon, king of Judah canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Human ⓘ
King of Judah ⓘ
alternateNameForm Amon of Judah ⓘ
linked to: Amon, king of Judah
associatedDeityInName Amun (Egyptian deity) ⓘ
linked to: Amun
attitudeTowardReform Did not humble himself before the LORD ⓘ
biblicalBookMentionedIn 2 Chronicles ⓘ
2 Kings ⓘ
linked to: Book of 2 Kings

Matthew ⓘ
burialType Royal burial ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Jerusalem ⓘ
child Josiah, king of Judah ⓘ
Unnamed second son of Amon ⓘ
chronologicalContext Reign traditionally dated around 642–640 BCE ⓘ
country Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
deathCause Assassination ⓘ
deathManner Killed in a conspiracy by his servants ⓘ
dynasty Davidic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of David
era Late 7th century BCE ⓘ
father Manasseh, king of Judah ⓘ
gender Male ⓘ
genealogicalRole Ancestor of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew’s genealogy ⓘ
governanceAssessmentInBible Did evil in the sight of the LORD ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
mother Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz ⓘ
nameMeaning Possibly derived from the Egyptian god Amun ⓘ
placeOfBurial Garden of Uzza ⓘ
placeOfDeath Jerusalem ⓘ
policyComparedToPredecessor Walked in all the ways of Manasseh his father ⓘ
politicalStatusOfKingdom Vassal state under Assyrian influence ⓘ
popularReactionAfterAssassination People of the land killed the conspirators ⓘ
positionHeld King of Judah ⓘ
predecessor Manasseh, king of Judah ⓘ
regionRuled Southern Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
regnalOrder 15th king of Judah from David ⓘ
reignDuration 2 years ⓘ
reignEnd circa 641 BCE ⓘ
reignStart circa 643 BCE ⓘ
religion Yahwism mixed with idolatry ⓘ
resultOfAssassination Josiah made king by the people of the land ⓘ
royalHouse House of David ⓘ
sourceText 2 Chronicles 33:21–25 ⓘ
2 Kings 21:19–26 ⓘ
spouse Unnamed wife of Amon ⓘ
successor Josiah, king of Judah ⓘ
worshipPractices Continuation of his father Manasseh’s practices ⓘ
Idolatry ⓘ

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

Manasseh, king of Judah → successor → Amon, king of Judah ⓘ
Amon → nameVariant → Amon of Judah ⓘ
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Jedidah → spouseOf → Amon of Judah ⓘ
linked to: Amon, king of Judah
Amon, king of Judah → alternateNameForm → Amon of Judah ⓘ
linked to: Amon, king of Judah