Amaziah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
Then Hoshea son of Elah organised a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked him, killed him, and became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in quarantine, , while Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land.
