AMON (1)
(a) From the Egyptian “amun”, “the hidden, invisible being.”
Main divinity of Thebes, the capital of Upper Egypt. This city was also called No-Amon, after the name of its god (Jer. 46:25; Nah. 3:8).
Under his sign, the Egyptians expelled the Hyksos. Amun became the chief god of the Egyptian pantheon, and was often called Amun Ra. He was represented wearing two plumes of falcon feathers, a discus and a red headdress. (See EGYPT)
(b) (Heb. = worker).
(A) Governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chron. 18:25).
(B) Son and successor of Manasseh, king of Judah. He reigned only two years, between 642 and 640 BC. He did evil before the Lord, and served the idols that his father had set up.
His servants conspired against him, killing him in his own house (2 Kings 21:18-25; 1 Chron. 3:14; 2 Chron. 33:20-25; Jer. 1:2; 25 :3; Zeph. 1:1; Mt. 1:10).
(C) A descendant of Solomon’s servants, called Ami in Ezra. 2:57 (Neh. 7:59).