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Amon of Judah
Published by Guillaume Rouillé (1518?-1589), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Amon of Judah

King of Judah

Born 664 BC · died 640 BC, aged 23 or 24
Also known as Amon, Amos

Who was alive at the same time as Amon of Judah?

  1. Sargon II, c. 765 – 705 BC
  2. Hoshea, 759–723 BC
  3. Numa Pompilius, 753–671 BC
  4. Sennacherib, c. 745 – 681 BC
  5. Tullus Hostilius, 710–642 BC
  6. Archilochus, 688 – c. 645 BC
  7. Ashurbanipal, 685–631 BC
  8. Ancus Marcius, 675–616 BC
  9. Amon of Judah, 664–640 BC
  10. Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 642 – c. 561 BC
  11. Jehoiakim, 634–598 BC
  12. Solon, c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  13. Cleobulus, c. 630 – c. 560 BC
  14. Stesichorus, 630–555 BC

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Only 4 people we track were surely alive alongside Amon of Judah

Our coverage of the ancient world is thin: we only include people whose birth and death can be dated to within 25 years. These lives may have overlapped with Amon of Judah’s, but their dates are too uncertain to say: Nebuchadnezzar II.

The nearest lives we can place: Numa Pompilius died about 6 years before Amon of Judah was born, Sennacherib died about 16 years before Amon of Judah was born, Sargon II died about 40 years before Amon of Judah was born, Hoshea died about 58 years before Amon of Judah was born, Jehoiakim was born about 6 years after Amon of Judah died and Solon was born about 7 years after Amon of Judah died.

When Amon of Judah was born, Ashurbanipal was 20 or 21, Archilochus was 23 or 24 and Ancus Marcius was 10 or 11.

When Amon of Judah died, Ashurbanipal was 44 or 45 and Ancus Marcius was 34 or 35.

Where Amon of Judah and the nearest lives were born

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