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King Amon of Judah

M, #2122226, b. 664 BCE
Father*King Manasseh b. 709 BCE
Mother*Meshullemeth (2 Kings 21)
Relationship62nd great-grandfather of Robert Michael Damon
ReferenceB99-3661

Names and TItles

Titled: King of Judah (Amon) from 642 to 640 BC.
Variation: Amon.
Greek: Ἀμών (Amṓn) Amon, from Hebrew, means Skilled Workman.1
Hebrew: אָמֹון (ʾAmown) means Skilled Workman.
Variation: King Amon.
King Amon of Judah was born 664 BCE. He was the son of King Manasseh and Meshullemeth (2 Kings 21). King Amon of Judah married Jedidah (2 Kings 22), daughter of Adaiah.
Kings of Israel and Judah

Date2ReferenceKing of Israel King of Judah
1050 BC Saul
1Saml 10-31



1010 BC Ish-Bosheth 2Sam 2-4 David (40 Years)3
2 Samuel, 1 Chron 11-
1003 BC David


970 BC Solomon (40 Years)4



930 BC Jeroboam I (22 Years)5
Rehoboam (17 Years)6

913 BC18th of Jeroboam7Abijah (3 Years) 8
910 BC20th of Jeroboam9 Asa (41 Years)10
909 BC2nd of Asa11 Nadab (2 Years)11
908 BC3rd of Asa12 Baasha (24 Years)12


886 BC26th of Asa13 Elah (2 Years)13
885 BC27th of Asa14 Zimri (7 Days)14
885 BC27th of Asa Tibni
Omri (12 Years)15

880 BC31st of Asa16 Omri
874 BC38th of Asa17 Ahab (22 Years)17
872 BC Asa + Jehoshaphat
869 BC4th of Ahab18 Jehoshaphat (25 Years)18
853 BC17th of Jehosophat19 Ahaziah (2 Years)19
852 BC18th of Jehosophat20 Joram (12 Years)20
848 BC5th of Joram21 Jehoram (8 Years)22
841 BC12th of Joram23 Ahaziah (1 Year)24
841 BC Jehu (28 Years)25
841 BC Queen Athaliah (7 Years)26
835 BC7th of Jehu27 Joash (40 Years)28

814 BC23rd of Joash29 Jehoahaz (17 Years)29

798 BC37th of Joash30 Jehoash (16 Years)30
796 BC2nd of Jehoash31 Amaziah (29 Years)32
793 BC Jehoash + Jeroboam II
792 BC Amaziah + Uzziah / Azeriah
782 BC15th of Amaziah33 Jeroboam II (41 Years)33
767 BC27th of Jeroboam34 Uzziah / Azeriah (52 Years)35
753 BC38th of Azariah36 Zechariah (6 Months)36
752 BC39th of Azariah37 Shallum (a Month)37
In Sameria In Gilead
752 BC39th of Azariah38 Menahem (10 Years)38
Pekah (20 Years)39


750 BC 2nd of Pekah40 Uzziah / Azeriah + Jotham
742 BC50th of Azariah39 Pekahiah (2 Years)39
740 BC52nd of Azeriah41 Pekah
740 BC Jotham (16 Years)42
735 BC17th of Pekah43 Ahaz (16 Years)44
732 BC12th of Ahaz45 Hoshea (9 Years)45
722 BC Captivity
715 BC3rd of Hoshea46 Hezekiah (29 Years)47

697 BC Hezekiah + Manasseh
686 BC Manasseh (55 Years)48



642 BC Amon (2 Years)49
640 BC Josiah (31 Years)50


609 BC King Jehoahaz of Judah (3 Months)51
609 BC Jehoiakim (11 Years)52
598 BC Jehoiachin (3 Months)53
597 BC Zedekiah (11 Years)54
586 BC Captivity

Note: Time Axis not to Scale. Some blank lines have been added to even out the scale, but scale is NOT uniform.
Year listed is the date for the beginning time of that row, which continues to the date of the next row.55
King Amon of Judah became the father of King Josiah of Judah 648 BCE ; (Was 8 when took the throne.)50 King Amon of Judah became King of Judah 642 BCE replacing King Manasseh.56
King Amon of Judah was replaced as King of Judah (at Age 8 for 31 Year) by King Josiah of Judah 640 BCE.57,56

References

King Amon of Judah has ID 329-68 in Royalty for Commoners.58

Child of King Amon of Judah and Jedidah (2 Kings 22), daughter of Adaiah,

Child
ChartsPedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Royalty for Commoners
Descendant Chart for God
Indented Descendant Chart of God
Pedigree of Jesus Christ
Indendented Pedigree of Jesus Christ

Scriptures (References)

Book VerseTitle
Book of 1 Chronicles in the Bible1 Chronicle 3:10-16The Kings of Judah.
Book of Matthew in the BibleMatthew 1:1-17The Genealogy of Jesus.
Last Edited29 Sep 2023

Citations

  1. [S3] International Bible Society, editor, The Holy Bible, New International Version (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984), Matthew 1:10. Hereinafter cited as NIV.
  2. [S24] Kenneth Barker, editor, The NIV Study Bible, New International Version (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Corporation, 1985), Rulers of Israel and Judah from A Chronology of the Hebrew Kings by Edwin R. Theile . Hereinafter cited as NIV Study Bible.
  3. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 2:11.
  4. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 11:42.
  5. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 14:20.
  6. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 14:21, 2 Chron 12:13.
  7. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:1, 2 Chron 13:1.
  8. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:2.
  9. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:9.
  10. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:10.
  11. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:25.
  12. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:33.
  13. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:8.
  14. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:15.
  15. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:23.
  16. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:23;Perhaps indicates date of becoming sole king.
  17. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:29.
  18. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 22:29.
  19. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 22:51.
  20. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 3:1.
  21. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 8:16.
  22. 2 Kings 8:17, 2 Chronicles 21:5
  23. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings8:25.
  24. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 8:25, 2 Chronicles 22:2.
  25. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 10:36.
  26. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 11:4-16, 2 Chronicles 23:1.
  27. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 12:1.
  28. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 12:1, 2 Chronicles 24:1.
  29. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 13:1.
  30. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 13:10.
  31. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 14:1.
  32. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 14:1, 2 Chronicles 25:1.
  33. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 14:23.
  34. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:1.
  35. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:2.
  36. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:8.
  37. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:13.
  38. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:17.
  39. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:23.
  40. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:32.
  41. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:27.
  42. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:33, 2 Chronicles 27:1.
  43. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 16:1.
  44. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 28:1.
  45. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 17:1.
  46. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 18:1.
  47. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 18:1, 2 Chronicles 29:1.
  48. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 21:1, 2 Chronicles 33:1.
  49. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 21:19, 2 Chronicles 33:21.
  50. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 22:1, 2 Chronicles 34:1.
  51. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 23:31, 2 Chronicles 35:2.
  52. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 23:36, 2 Chronicles 35:5.
  53. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 24:8, 2 Chronicles 36:9.
  54. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 24:18, 2 Chronicles 36:11.
  55. [S24] NIV Study Bible, Pages 502-503.
  56. [S24] NIV Study Bible, pg 502-503.
  57. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Chron 34:1. @ Age 8.
  58. [S7] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Fourth Edition, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc, 2002). Repository: Richard Smith Damon Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in. Hereinafter cited as Royalty for Commoners, 4th Edition.
  59. [S308] Sean Boisen, Author, The Composit Gospel (Bellingham, WA: Faithliife, 2019).