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<p> <strong> AMON </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . Son and successor of [[Manasseh]] king of Judah. He reigned two years or parts of years. Our Biblical books know only that he carried on the religious practices of his father. He was put to death by a palace conspiracy, but the assassins were punished by the populace, who placed [[Josiah]] on the throne (&nbsp; 2 Kings 21:19 ff.). It has been suggested that his name is that of the [[Egyptian]] sun-god (see next art.). <strong> 2 </strong> . A governor of [[Samaria]] (&nbsp; 1 Kings 22:26 ). <strong> 3 </strong> . See Ami. </p> <p> [[H. P]]  Smith. </p> <p> <strong> AMON </strong> (Gr. <em> [[Ammon]] </em> , Egyp. <em> Amûn </em> ). An Egyptian divinity, who, primarily worshipped as the god of fertility, and later as <em> Amen-ra-setn-nteru </em> (‘Amon, the sun-god, the king of the gods’), was the local deity of Thebes. With the subjugation of the petty princes of lower Egypt by Aahmes I. of [[Thebes]] ( <em> c </em> <em> [Note: circa, about.] </em> . b.c. 1700), he became the Egyptian national god. His supremacy, recognized for 1100 years by all Egyptian rulers with the exception of Amenophis IV. ( <em> c </em> <em> [Note: circa, about.] </em> . b.c. 1450), came to an end with Esarhaddon’s invasion of Egypt (b.c. 670; cf. &nbsp; Jeremiah 46:25 f.) and the destruction of Thebes by [[Ashurbanipal]] ( <em> c </em> <em> [Note: circa, about.] </em> . b.c. 662; cf. &nbsp; Nahum 3:8 ). After these events he was relegated to the ranks of the local gods. See No, No-Amon. </p> <p> N. Koenig. </p>

<p> [[Amon]] ( ''Â'Mon'' ), an Egyptian divinity, whose name occurs in mat of No-amon, &nbsp;Nahum 3:8 [[R. "V]]  but in [[A. V]]  "populous No," or Thebes, also called No. The [[Greeks]] called this divinity Ammon. The ancient Egyptian name is Amen. Amen was one of the eight gods of the first order, and chief of the triad of Thebes. He was worshiped at that city as Amen-ra, or "Amen the sun." </p> <p> [[Amon]] ( ''Â'Mon'' ), ''Builder.'' King of Judah, son and successor of Manasseh, reigned two years from b.c. 642 to 640. Following his father's example, Amon devoted himself wholly to the service of false gods, but was killed in a conspiracy. The people avenged him by putting all the conspirators to death, and secured the succession to his son Josiah. To Amon's reign we must refer the terrible picture which the prophet Zephaniah gives of the moral and religious state of Jerusalem. 2. A governor of Samaria. &nbsp;1 Kings 22:26. 3. A person also called Ami. </p>

<p> The fourteenth king of Judah, son of Manasseh, began to reign [[B. C]]  639, at the age of twenty-two, and reigned only two years at Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, by forsaking [[Jehovah]] and worshipping idols. His servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house; but the people killed all the conspirators, and established his son Josiah on the throne. He was buried in the garden of Uzzah, &nbsp;2 Kings 21:18-26 &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 33:21-25 . </p>