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Key facts
- Reign
- 643/642 – 641/640 BC
- Predecessor
- Manasseh
- Successor
- Josiah
- Born
- c. 664 BC, Judah
- Died
- c. 641 BC, Jerusalem
- Burial
- 641 BC, Garden of Uzza
- Consort
- Jedidah
- Issue
- Josiah
- Hebrew
- אָמוֹן
- House
- House of David
- Father
- Manasseh
- Mother
- Meshullemeth
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Judah
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of Judah
- Place of death
- Jerusalem
- Child
- Josiah
- Father
- Manasseh
- Occupation
- monarch
- Image
- Amon rex.png
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- Commons category
- Amon of Judah
- date of death
- 0640-00-00
- date of birth
- 0664-00-00
- different from
- Amon
- name in native language
- אמון
- not found in
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
Manasseh, Amon and Josiah (16th century print) Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Amon, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Amon of Judah 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.
Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.