1. Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah in the second year of Jehoash's rule in Israel.
2. Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled twenty-nine years from Jerusalem, which was also the home town of his mother Jehoaddin.
3. Amaziah followed the example of his father Joash by obeying the Lord and doing right. But he was not as faithful as his ancestor David.