Amon
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(builder, craftsman) (2 Kings 21:18–26) — fourteenth king of Judah, son and successor of Manasseh. In many ways he resembled his father: he served and worshiped idols, and “forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord” (v. 22), notes the sacred historian — only he did not imitate his father’s repentance and reform. His reign lasted two years. His servants conspired against him and slew him in his own house. “But the people of the land,” notes the sacred writer, “slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.” Amon was buried with his son in the garden of Uzza.