King living at the time of Divided Monarchy
Amon, the son of Manasseh, was the 15th king of Judah who reigned for two years before being assassinated by his servants.
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Also known as Amos
Amon was the son of Manasseh and the 15th king of Judah. He began his reign at the age of 22 and ruled for two years in Jerusalem. Amon followed the evil practices of his father Manasseh, worshiping idols and doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father had done.
Amon's servants conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace. However, the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place. Amon was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza.
The prophets Jeremiah and Zephaniah began their ministries during the reign of Josiah, Amon's son. Amon is also mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.
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15 verses in 6 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H0526
And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His motherʼs name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.