Amaziah Reigns in Judah^(A)

25 Amaziah ^(B)was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. ² And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, ^(C)but not with a loyal heart.

Amaziah Reigns in Judah^(A)

25 Amaziah ^(B)was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. ² And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, ^(C)but not with a loyal heart.

^3 (D)Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established for him, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king. ⁴ However he did not execute their children, but did as it is written in the Law in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, ^(E)“The fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall die for his own sin.”

¹⁴ Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that ^(A)he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be ^(B)his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them.

¹⁴ Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that ^(A)he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be ^(B)his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them. ¹⁵ Therefore the anger of the Lord was aroused against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, “Why have you sought ^(C)the gods of the people, which ^(D)could not rescue their own people from your hand?”