Amnon

E105864
biblical figure prince of Israel

Amnon is a biblical figure known as the eldest son of King David, whose rape of his half-sister Tamar and subsequent murder by her brother Absalom sparked major turmoil in David’s household.

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Label Occurrences
Amnon canonical 13

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure ⓘ
prince of Israel ⓘ
associatedTheme abuse of royal authority ⓘ
divine judgment on David’s house ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
causeOf turmoil in David’s household ⓘ
chronologicalContext reign of King David ⓘ
consequenceOfActions estrangement and hatred from Absalom ⓘ
further fulfillment of Nathan’s prophecy against David’s house ⓘ
crime rape of Tamar ⓘ
culturalContext Ancient Israel ⓘ
surface form: ancient Israel
deathCause murder ⓘ
deathContext Absalom’s revenge for Tamar ⓘ
deathLocation Absalom’s sheep-shearers’ feast ⓘ
deathManner assassination ⓘ
deathPerpetrator Absalom ⓘ
desireFor Tamar ⓘ
father King David ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
house King Davidic dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of David
kingdom Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ⓘ
surface form: United Monarchy of Israel
languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
legalStatusInNarrative unpunished by formal law ⓘ
literaryGenre Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
moralEvaluationInText negative example of lust and abuse of power ⓘ
mother Ahinoam of Jezreel ⓘ
narrativeSource 2 Samuel 13 ⓘ
notableFor being murdered by Absalom ⓘ
rape of his half-sister Tamar ⓘ
position eldest son of King David ⓘ
religiousSignificance example in sermons and exegesis on sexual sin and justice ⓘ
religiousText Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
roleInNarrative catalyst for Absalom’s rebellion ⓘ
scripturalBook 2 Samuel ⓘ
surface form: Second Book of Samuel
sibling Absalom ⓘ
Tamar ⓘ
testament Old Testament character ⓘ
victimOf murder by Absalom ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahinoam of Jezreel → child → Amnon ⓘ
Ahinoam of Jezreel → relative → Amnon ⓘ
2 Samuel → mainCharacter → Amnon ⓘ
Amnon Yariv → givenName → Amnon ⓘ
Absalom → sibling → Amnon ⓘ
Absalom → killed → Amnon ⓘ
Tamar → halfBrother → Amnon ⓘ
Tamar → perpetratorOfAbuse → Amnon ⓘ
Absalom’s revenge on Amnon → hasVictim → Amnon ⓘ
Shephatiah → sibling → Amnon ⓘ
Ithream → siblingOf → Amnon ⓘ
Adonijah → sibling → Amnon ⓘ
The Rape of Tamar → depicts → Amnon ⓘ