Amon of Judah
| Amon | |
|---|---|
Amon from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553 | |
| King of Judah | |
| Reign | 643/642 – 641/640 BC[1][2] |
| Predecessor | Manasseh |
| Successor | Josiah |
| Born | c. 664 BC Judah |
| Died | c. 641 BC Jerusalem |
| Burial | 641 BC Garden of Uzza[3] |
| Consort | Jedidah[4] |
| Issue | Josiah |
| Hebrew | אָמוֹן |
| House | House of David |
| Father | Manasseh |
| Mother | Meshullemeth[5] |
Amon of Judah[a] was the fifteenth King of Judah who, according to the biblical account, succeeded his father Manasseh of Judah. Amon is most remembered for his idolatrous practices during his short two-year reign, which led to a revolt against him and eventually to his assassination in c. 641 BC.
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- ^ Charles J. Mendelsohn; Kaufmann Kohler; Morris Jastrow (1906). "Amon, King of Judah". Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. I (1st ed.). Funk & Wagnalls. pp. 526–527.
- ^ Andrew Wood (1896). "The Kingdom of Judah". The Hebrew Monarchy: A Commentary, with a Harmony of the Parallel Texts and Extracts from the Prophetical Books. Eyre and Spottiswoode. ISBN 978-1-149-80041-6.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ Flavius Josephus (c. 93 CE). Antiquities of the Jews. Book X, Chapter 3, Section 2. Translated from the Latin by William Whiston from The Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
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