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<li> The eldest son of David, by [[Ahinoam]] of [[Jezreel]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:1; &nbsp;2 Samuel 3:2 ). [[Absalom]] caused him to be put to death for his great crime in the matter of [[Tamar]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 13:28,29 ). <div> <p> &nbsp;Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> &nbsp;Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Amnon'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/amnon.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> &nbsp;Amnon (&nbsp;am'non), &nbsp;faithful. The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel. &nbsp;2 Samuel 3:2. He is known only by his guilt in violating his half-sister Tamar; for which Absalom, two years after, caused him to be assassinated, &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:1-39, thus also getting an elder brother out of his way to the throne. </p>

<p> &nbsp;Am'non. &nbsp;(faithful). </p> <p> 1. Eldest son of David. (B.C. 1052). He dishonored his half-sister Tamar, and was in consequence murdered by her brother. &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:1-29. </p> <p> 2. Son of Shimon. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:20. </p>

<p> &nbsp;1. David's oldest son by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, born in [[Hebron]] while David reigned there over [[Judah]] only. [[Forced]] his half sister Tamar, and was murdered by her brother Absolom (See &nbsp;ABSALOM. (2 Samuel 13). </p> <p> &nbsp;2. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:20. </p>

<p> (Heb., Amnon', &nbsp;אִמְנוֹן [&nbsp;2 Samuel 13:20, &nbsp;אֲמִינוֹן &nbsp;, Aminon']&nbsp;, faithful; Sept. &nbsp;Ἀμνών )&nbsp;, the name of three men. </p> <p> &nbsp;1. The first named of the four sons of Shimon or Shammai, of the children of Ezra, the descendant of Judah (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:20, comp. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:17), B.C. prob. post 1612. </p> <p> &nbsp;2. The eldest son of David by Ahinoam of Jezreel (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:1), born at Hebron (&nbsp;2 Samuel 3:2), B.C. cir. 1052. He is only known for his violation of his half sister Tamar, B.C. cir. 1031, which her full brother Absalom revenged two years after, by causing him to be assassinated while a guest at his table (2 Samuel 13). (See [[Absalom]]). The Sept. (in a clause added in &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:21, but wanting in the Hebrew) assigns as the reason for David's refraining from executing the penalty due to Amnon, that "he loved him because he was his first-born" &nbsp;— a fact that no doubt formed an additional incentive to the ambitious Absalom for putting him out of the way. (See [[David]]). </p> <p> &nbsp;3. a rabbi of Mayence, lived about 1240. He wrote, Machzor, a book of prayers, printed at Dyhernfurt in 1703. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen., s.v. </p>

<p> '''''am´non''''' (&nbsp; אמנון , <i> ''''''amnōn''''' </i> , "faithful"; compare &nbsp;אמּינון , <i> ''''''ămı̄nōn''''' </i> , &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:20 , which is probably a diminutive. Wellhausen ( <i> IJG </i> , II, 24, note 2) resolves &nbsp;אמּינון into &nbsp; אמּי <i> ''''''immı̄''''' </i> , and &nbsp;נוּן , <i> '''''nūn''''' </i> , "my mother is the serpent"; compare [[Nun]] ): </p> <p> (1) The eldest son of David and Ahinoam, the Jezreelites (compare &nbsp;2 Samuel 3:2 ). As the crown prince and heir presumptive to the throne, he was intensely hated by Absalom, who was, therefore, doubly eager to revenge the outrage committed by [[Amnon]] upon his sister Tamar (&nbsp;2 Samuel 3:2; &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:1 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:1 ). </p> <p> (2) A name in the genealogy of Judah (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:20 ). </p>