He was twenty-five years old when he became king and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan from Jerusalem.
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.
He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, only not like David his father. He did everything that Joash his father did.
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he was king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan from Jerusalem.