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^(a)In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, ^(b)Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king.

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

He did right in the sight of the Lord , yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

Only ^(c)the high places were not taken away; ^(d)the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he ^[a](e)killed his servants who had slain the king his father.

But the sons of the ^[b]slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the Lord commanded, saying, "^(f)The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but ^(g)each shall be put to death for his own sin."

He ^[c]killed of Edom in ^(h)the Valley of Salt 10,000 and took ⁽ⁱ⁾Sela by war, and named it ^(j)Joktheel to this day.

^(k)Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "^(l)Come, let us face each other."