## Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign ##

AT: "Amaziah, the son of Joash, became the king of Judah."

## He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign ##

five years old when he began to reign** - AT: "He was 25 years old when he became king;"

## he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem ##

nine years in Jerusalem** - AT: "he was the king in Jerusalem for 29 years."

## Jehoaddan ##

(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father ##

"Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done." (UDB)

## ​right in the eyes of Yahweh ##

"right according to Yahweh," or "right before Yahweh," (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## He did everything that Joash ##

"He did the same good things that his father Joash had done." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])