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James P. Boyd
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(builder). (1) A governor of Samaria under Ahab (
1 Kings 22:26
26
And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; (1 Kings 22:26)
;
2 Chron. 18:25
25
Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; (2 Chronicles 18:25)
). (2) Fourteenth king of Judah, B. C. 642-640. A shameless idolater, and killed in a conspiracy (
2 Kings 21:19-26
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Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.
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And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
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And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
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And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
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And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
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Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 21:19‑26)
). Reign pictured (
Zeph. 1:4; 3:3-4,11
4
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; (Zephaniah 1:4)
3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
4
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. (Zephaniah 3:3‑4)
11
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. (Zephaniah 3:11)
).
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