1. Amaziah became king at the age of 25, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem.
2. He did what was pleasing to the Lord, but did it reluctantly.
3. As soon as he was firmly in power, he executed the officials who had murdered his father.
4. He did not, however, execute their children, but followed what the Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses: “Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; a person is to be put to death only for a crime he himself has committed.”