1. In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah became king.
2. He was 25 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
3. Now he did what was right in the eyes of Adonai, yet not like his father David—he did like all his father Joash had done.
4. Still, the high places were not taken away. The people were still sacrificing and burning incense in the high places.
5. Once the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his courtiers who had assassinated his father the king.
6. However, he did not execute the children of the assassins, keeping what is written in the Torah of Moses, where Adonai commanded saying, “The fathers will not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but each one will be put to death for his own sin.”
7. He struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt, captured Sela in the battle, and renamed it Joktheel, as it is to this day.
8. Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come! Let’s meet face to face.”
9. But King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, “The briar in Lebanon sent word to the cedar in Lebanon saying: ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ But a wild beast in Lebanon passed by and trampled down the briar.