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Person Old Testament

Amnon

Amnon was a son of Shimon and a descendant of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 4:20.

Why it matters. Son of Shimon, descendant of Judah

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Amnon

Amnon was a descendant of Judah through his son Shimon. He is mentioned in the genealogical record of the tribe of Judah in 1Chronicles 4.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Shimon

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    4:20

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