Dictionaries :: Amnon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Amnon:

faithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1Ch 4:20; 1Ch 4:17).

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

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Amnon:

faithful and true; tutor

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Amnon:

am'-non ('amnon, "faithful"; compare ‘aminon, 2Sa 13:20, which is probably a diminutive. Wellhausen (IJG, II, 24, note 2) resolves ‘amiynown into ‘immi, and nun, "my mother is the serpent"; compare NUN):

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

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

Nave's Topical Bible

Amnon: 1. Son of David

2Sa 3:2; 1Ch 3:1

Incest of, and death,

2Sa 13.

Amnon: 2. Son of Shimon

1Ch 4:20

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Amnon:

(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).