1. In the second year of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign.
2. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
3. And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father; he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
4. With all this, the high places were not taken away; as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
5. And as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, he slew his slaves which had slain the king, his father.