Amnon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel ( 1 Chronicles 3:1;  2 Samuel 3:2 ). Absalom caused him to be put to death for his great crime in the matter of Tamar ( 2 Samuel 13:28,29 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Amnon'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/amnon.html. 1897.

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Amnon ( Am'Non ), Faithful. The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel.  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,  2 Samuel 13:1-39, thus also getting an elder brother out of his way to the throne.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

AMNON . 1 . Eldest son of David by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess. He dishonoured his half-sister Tamar, and was, on that account, slain by her brother Absalom (  2 Samuel 3:2;   2 Samuel 13:1 f.). 2 . Son of Shimon (  1 Chronicles 4:20 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Eldest son of David by Ahinoam: he was slain by Absalom for the violence done to his sister Tamar.  2 Samuel 3:2;  2 Samuel 13:1-29;  1 Chronicles 3:1 .

2. Son of Shimon.  1 Chronicles 4:20 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Am'non. (Faithful).

1. Eldest son of David. (B.C. 1052). He dishonored his half-sister Tamar, and was in consequence murdered by her brother.  2 Samuel 13:1-29.

2. Son of Shimon.  1 Chronicles 4:20.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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 Absalom . (2 Samuel 13).

2.  1 Chronicles 4:20.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The eldest son of David, by Ahimoam of Jezreel. He is known only by his guilt in violating his sister; for which Absalom, two years after, caused him to be assassinated,  2 Samuel 13:1-39 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Samuel 3:2 2 Samuel 13:1-20 1 Chronicles 4:20

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb., Amnon', אִמְנוֹן [ 2 Samuel 13:20, אֲמִינוֹן , Aminon' ] , Faithful; Sept. Ἀμνών ) , the name of three men.

1. The first named of the four sons of Shimon or Shammai, of the children of Ezra, the descendant of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:20, comp.  1 Chronicles 4:17), B.C. prob. post 1612.

2. The eldest son of David by Ahinoam of Jezreel ( 1 Chronicles 3:1), born at Hebron ( 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  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" — a fact that no doubt formed an additional incentive to the ambitious Absalom for putting him out of the way. (See David).

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

am´non ( אמנון , 'amnōn , "faithful"; compare אמּינון , 'ămı̄nōn ,  2 Samuel 13:20 , which is probably a diminutive. Wellhausen ( IJG , II, 24, note 2) resolves אמּינון into אמּי 'immı̄ , and נוּן , nūn , "my mother is the serpent"; compare Nun ):

(1) The eldest son of David and Ahinoam, the Jezreelites (compare  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 ( 2 Samuel 3:2;  2 Samuel 13:1 ,  1 Chronicles 3:1 ).

(2) A name in the genealogy of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:20 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Am´non (faithful), the eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel. He was born at Hebron, about B.C. 1056. He is only known for his atrocious conduct towards his half-sister Tamar, which her full-brother Absalom revenged two years after, by causing him to be assassinated while a guest at his table, in B.C. 1032 (2 Samuel 13) [ABSALOM].