1. Amaziah was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother's name was Jehoaddin. She was from Jerusalem.
2. Amaziah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. But he didn't do it with all his heart.
3. The kingdom was firmly under his control. So he put to death the officials who had murdered his father, the king.
4. But he didn't put their children to death. He obeyed what is written in the Law, the Scroll of Moses. There the Lord commanded, "Parents must not be put to death because of what their children do. And children must not be put to death because of what their parents do. People must die because of their own sins." (Deuteronomy 24:16)