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Easton's Bible Dictionary
faithful.
(1) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra ( 1
Chronicles 4:20 ; Compare 17).
(2) The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel ( 1
Chronicles 3:1 ; 2
Samuel 3:2 ). Absalom caused him to be put to death for his great crime in
the matter of Tamar ( 2
Samuel 13:28 , 13:29
).
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
faithful and true; tutor
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(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 )
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
am'-non ('amnon, "faithful"; compare 'aminon, 2
Samuel 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 2
Samuel 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 (2
Samuel 3:2 ; 13:1;
1
Chronicles 3:1).
(2) A name in the genealogy of Judah (1
Chronicles 4:20).
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