Amon [Ā'mon]—security or a workman.

1. Governor of the city of Samaria under Ahab (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chron. 18:25).
2. Son of Manasseh, and fifteenth king of Judah, who reigned for two years (2 Kings 21:18-25).
3. One of the clan known as “Solomon’s servants” (Neh. 7:59). Called Ami in Ezra 2:57.
4. A son of Manasses, and an ancestor of Christ (Matt. 1:10). Amon is also the name of an Egyptian sun-god.