1. Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan, from Jerusalem.
2. And he accomplished good in the sight of the Lord. Yet truly, not with a perfect heart.
3. And when he saw himself to be strengthened in his rule, he cut the throats of the servants who had killed his father, the king.
4. But he did not put to death their sons, just as it was written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord instructed, saying: "The fathers shall not be slain because of the sons, nor the sons because of their fathers. Instead, each one shall die for his own sin."