25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 1 His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. 25:2 He did what the Lord approved, 2 but not with wholehearted devotion. 3
25:3 When he had secured control of the kingdom, 4 he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 5 25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, 6 “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, 7 and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. 8 A man must be executed only for his own sin.” 9