Amaziah Succeeds Joash^(A)

25 Amaziah began his reign at the age of 25 years, and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan. She was from Jerusalem. ² He practiced what the Lord considered to be right, but not with a perfect heart. ³ As soon as he had consolidated his royal authority, he executed the servants who had killed his father, the king, ⁴ but he did not execute their children in obedience to what is written in the Law, the writings of Moses, where the Lord commanded, “Fathers are not to die because of what their children do, nor are children to die because of what their fathers do, but each person is to die for his own sins.”^[a]