1 Amaziah, the son of Judah’s King Jehoash, became king in the second year of Israel’s King Joash, who was Jehoahaz’s son.
2 Amaziah was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
3 He did what was right in the Lord’s eyes, but not as well as his ancestor King David. He did everything his father Jehoash did.
4 However, the shrines weren’t removed. People kept sacrificing and burning incense at them.