1. In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.
2. 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.
3. 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.