25 Amatzyahu was twenty-five years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Yerushalayim. His mother’s name was Y’ho‘adan, from Yerushalayim. ² He did what was right from Adonai’s perspective, but not wholeheartedly.

³ As soon as he had the kingdom firmly in his control, he put to death the servants of his who had assassinated the king his father.