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Amnon

Meaning: faithful.

The name of two biblical men.

  1. One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1 Chr. 4:20; compare 17).

  2. The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Chr. 3:1; 2 Sam. 3:2). Absalom caused him to be put to death for his great crime in the matter of Tamar (2 Sam. 13:28,29).