Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Builder. ) The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25). ) The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. He restored idolatry, and set up the images which his father had cast down. Zephaniah (1:4; 3:4, 11) refers to the moral depravity prevailing in this king’s reign. He was assassinated (2 Kings 21:18-26: 2 Chr. 33:20-25) by his own servants, who conspired against him.
) An Egyptian god, usually depicted with a human body and the head of a ram, referred to in Jer. 46:25, where the word “multitudes” in the Authorized Version is more appropriately rendered “Amon” in the Revised Version. ” Amon is identified with Ra, the sun-god of Heliopolis. ) Neh. 7:59.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(builder).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
A'MON, or A'MEN (the hidden), an Egyptian god, one of the eight of the first order, and the chief of the Theban triad. Nah 3:8, margin. He is Amon. ) represented as a man clad in a linen tunic, gathered about the waist by a belt. In one hand he holds the symbol of life, in the other the staff of authority, and on his head is a cap with two high Plumes.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
A'MON (builder). 1. Governor of Samaria under Ahab. 1 Kgs 22:26; 2 Chr 18:25. The fourteenth king of Judah, son and successor of Manasseh. He was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 2 Kgs 21:19. Zephaniah gives a vivid picture of the degradation of the kingdom under this wicked king. He was murdered by his servants and succeeded by his son Josiah.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
faithful; true
Schaff's Bible Dictionary
A'MON (builder). 1. Governor of Samaria under Ahab. 1 Kgs 22:26; 2 Chr 18:25. twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 2 Kgs 21:19. Zephaniah gives a vivid picture of the degradation of the kingdom under this wicked king. He was murdered by his servants and succeeded by his son Josiah.