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Amnon

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb., Amnon', אִמְנוֹן [2 Samuel 13:20, אֲמִינוֹן , Aminon'], faithful; Sept. Ἀμνών ), the name of three men.

1. The first named of the four sons of Shimon or Shammai, of the children of Ezra, the descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:20, comp. 1 Chronicles 4:17), B.C. prob. post 1612.

2. The eldest son of David by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Chronicles 3:1), born at Hebron (2 Samuel 3:2), B.C. cir. 1052. He is only known for his violation of his half sister Tamar, B.C. cir. 1031, which her full brother Absalom revenged two years after, by causing him to be assassinated while a guest at his table (2 Samuel 13). (See ABSALOM). The Sept. (in a clause added in 2 Samuel 13:21, but wanting in the Hebrew) assigns as the reason for David's refraining from executing the penalty due to Amnon, that "he loved him because he was his first-born" a fact that no doubt formed an additional incentive to the ambitious Absalom for putting him out of the way. (See DAVID).

3. a rabbi of Mayence, lived about 1240. He wrote, Machzor, a book of prayers, printed at Dyhernfurt in 1703. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen., s.v.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Amnon'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/amnon.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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