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<p> '''1.''' Son and successor of [[Manasseh]] in the throne of Judah ("skillful in his art", Hebrew). Possibly the name was given by Manasseh, when an idolater, from the [[Egyptian]] god. He reigned from 642 [[B.C.]] to 640 (&nbsp;2 Kings 21:19; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 33:20). His own servants conspired and slew him in his own house, and in their turn were slain by the people, who raised his son [[Josiah]] to the throne. </p> <p> '''2.''' [[Governor]] of the city under [[Ahab]] (&nbsp;1 Kings 22:26). </p>
       
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<p> (&nbsp;Nahum 3:8). No-Amon, i.e. Thebes, or No, the city of Amon, an [[Egyptian]] god (&nbsp;Jeremiah 46:25), "the multitude of No," else "Amon of No" ("the nourisher", Hebrew). The Egyptian name is ''Amen'' , "the hidden," or "mysterious"; one of the eight gods of the first order; thief of the Theban triad, worshipped as Amen-ra (i.e. the sun), represented as a man wearing a cap with two plumes, both male and female; accompanied with sacred trees, like the "groves" connected with Baal's worship. In the great Oasis he was worshipped as the ram-headed god Num, and in Meroe as Kneph. The [[Greeks]] called him [[Jupiter]] Ammon. </p>
       
 
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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

1. Son and successor of Manasseh in the throne of Judah ("skillful in his art", Hebrew). Possibly the name was given by Manasseh, when an idolater, from the Egyptian god. He reigned from 642 B.C. to 640 ( 2 Kings 21:19;  2 Chronicles 33:20). His own servants conspired and slew him in his own house, and in their turn were slain by the people, who raised his son Josiah to the throne.

2. Governor of the city under Ahab ( 1 Kings 22:26).

References

  1. ↑ Amon from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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