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His mother&#8217s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah <i>was</i> twenty and five years old <i>when</i> he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name <i>was</i> Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Amaziah <i>was</i> twenty-five years old <i>when</i> he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name <i>was</i> Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother&#8217s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah became king when he was 25 years old and reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother&#8217s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Amaziah was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled 29 years from Jerusalem, the hometown of his mother Jehoaddin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Amaziah was 25 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Amaziah became king at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother?s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Amaziah [was] a son of twenty-five years [when] he has reigned, and he has reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A son of twenty and five years hath Amaziah reigned, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The son of twenty and five years reigned Amaziah, and twenty and nine years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name Jehoaddan from Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Amasias was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem, the name of his mother was Joadan of Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan, from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan, from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AMAZIAH was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Amutsia was a son of twenty and five years when he arose in the kingdom, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Yahuadan, from Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Amasias began to reign when he was twenty and five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name <i>was</i> Joadaen of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=6151" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/25.htm">Amaziah Reigns in Judah</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/558.htm" title="558: ’ă·maṣ·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Or mamatsyahuw; from 'amats and Yahh; strength of Jah; Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites.">Amaziah</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">was twenty-five</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: wə·ḥā·mêš (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">years old</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: mā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">when he became king,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: mā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">and he reigned</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: bî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">in Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: wə·‘eś·rîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">twenty-nine</a> <a href="/hebrew/8672.htm" title="8672: wā·ṯê·ša‘ (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- A nine. Or tishtah; perhaps from sha'ah through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or Ninth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years.</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·mōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">His mother’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: wə·šêm (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">name</a> <a href="/hebrew/3086.htm" title="3086: yə·hō·w·‘ad·dān (N-proper-fs) -- Or Yhowaddan; from Yhovah and adan; Jehovah-pleased; Jehoaddin or Jehoaddan, an Israelitess.">was Jehoaddan;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: mî·rū·šā·lā·yim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">she was from Jerusalem.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/14-1.htm">2 Kings 14:1-2</a></span><br />In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah. / He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-27.htm">2 Chronicles 24:27</a></span><br />The accounts of the sons of Joash and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-2.htm">2 Chronicles 25:2</a></span><br />And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-3.htm">2 Chronicles 25:3-4</a></span><br />As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king. / Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-1.htm">2 Chronicles 26:1</a></span><br />All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-17.htm">2 Chronicles 21:17</a></span><br />So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-1.htm">2 Chronicles 22:1</a></span><br />Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-1.htm">2 Chronicles 23:1</a></span><br />Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/27-1.htm">2 Chronicles 27:1</a></span><br />Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-1.htm">2 Chronicles 28:1</a></span><br />Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-1.htm">2 Chronicles 29:1</a></span><br />Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-8.htm">Matthew 1:8-9</a></span><br />Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. / Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/15-1.htm">1 Kings 15:1-3</a></span><br />In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah, / and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. / And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-42.htm">1 Kings 22:42</a></span><br />Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/12-1.htm">2 Kings 12:1</a></span><br />In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">twenty and five</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/14-1.htm">2 Kings 14:1-3</a></b></br> In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/24-27.htm">Amaziah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-27.htm">Amazi'ah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-31.htm">Five</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-2.htm">Jehoaddan</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-2.htm">Jehoaddin</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-23.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-1.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-1.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-9.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-1.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-27.htm">Reigned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-2.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-31.htm">Twenty-Five</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-2.htm">Twenty-Nine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/25-5.htm">Amaziah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-9.htm">Amazi'ah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-13.htm">Five</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-2.htm">Jehoaddan</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-2.htm">Jehoaddin</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-23.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-3.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-3.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-1.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-26.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-3.htm">Reigned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-5.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-1.htm">Twenty-Five</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-1.htm">Twenty-Nine</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">Amaziah begins to reign well</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-3.htm">He executes justice on the traitors</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-5.htm">having hired an army of Israelites against the Edomites, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-7.htm">at the word of a prophet dismisses them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-11.htm">He overthrows the Edomites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-13.htm">The Israelites, discontented with their dismission, spoil as they return home</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-14.htm">Amaziah, proud of his victory, serves the gods of Edom, and ignores the prophet</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-17.htm">He provokes Joash to his overthrow</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-25.htm">His reign</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-27.htm">He is slain by conspiracy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king</b><br>Amaziah's ascension to the throne at the age of twenty-five marks a period of transition in the Kingdom of Judah. This age suggests a level of maturity and readiness for leadership, as he would have been groomed for kingship under his father, Joash. The age of twenty-five is significant in biblical terms, as it often represents a time of readiness and responsibility, seen in other contexts such as the age Levites began their service (<a href="/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24</a>).<p><b>and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years</b><br>Amaziah's reign of twenty-nine years indicates a relatively stable period in Judah's history, though not without its challenges. Jerusalem, the capital city, was the political and spiritual center of Judah, housing the Temple built by Solomon. His reign included both military campaigns and religious reforms, though his later years were marked by pride and eventual downfall. The length of his reign suggests a period of relative peace and prosperity, though it ended in conflict and assassination.<p><b>His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem</b><br>The mention of Jehoaddan, Amaziah's mother, highlights the importance of maternal lineage in the Davidic line. Her origin from Jerusalem suggests a connection to the heart of Judah's religious and cultural life. This detail underscores the significance of Jerusalem not only as a political center but also as a place of spiritual heritage. The inclusion of maternal names in the biblical narrative often points to the influence of the mother in the king's life and reign, reflecting the cultural importance of family lineage and heritage in ancient Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amaziah.htm">Amaziah</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, Amaziah was the king of Judah. He began his reign at the age of twenty-five and ruled for twenty-nine years. His reign is noted for both his initial obedience to God and later failures.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehoaddan.htm">Jehoaddan</a></b><br>Amaziah's mother, mentioned here to provide lineage and context. Her name means "Yahweh delights," indicating a possible pious background.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, where Amaziah reigned. It is a significant location in biblical history, serving as the political and spiritual center for the people of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_heritage.htm">The Importance of Godly Heritage</a></b><br>Amaziah's mother, Jehoaddan, is mentioned, suggesting the influence of family in shaping one's faith and leadership. Reflect on the impact of your spiritual heritage and how you can pass it on to future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/y/youth_and_leadership.htm">Youth and Leadership</a></b><br>Amaziah began his reign at a young age. This highlights the potential for young leaders to make significant impacts. Consider how you can support and mentor young people in leadership roles within your community and church.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_obedience.htm">The Significance of Obedience</a></b><br>Amaziah's reign is marked by both obedience and disobedience. Reflect on the importance of consistent obedience to God in your life, and identify areas where you may need to realign with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_jerusalem.htm">The Role of Jerusalem</a></b><br>As the center of Amaziah's reign, Jerusalem represents the heart of worship and governance. Consider how you can make Christ the center of your life, ensuring that all decisions and actions are rooted in His teachings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_pure_word_bible_(pwb).htm">Who were the children of King David?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_amaziah's_reign_timeline.htm">How do we reconcile the timeline of Amaziah’s reign in 2 Kings 14:2–3 with conflicting data in other historical sources? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_2_chr_9_25_and_1_kgs_4_26_differ.htm">Why do the numbers listed in 2 Chronicles 9:25 about Solomon's horses and chariots differ from related passages like 1 Kings 4:26?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_40,000_stalls_in_1_kings,_4,000_in_2_chron.htm">Why does 1 Kings 4:26 mention 40,000 stalls for Solomon's horses, while 2 Chronicles 9:25 records only 4,000?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">XXV.<p>THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH.</span> (Comp. <a href="/context/2_kings/14-1.htm" title="In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.">2Kings 14:1-20</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">DURATION AND CHARACTER OF THE REIGN. EXECUTION OF THE MURDERERS OF JOASH</span> (<a href="/context/2_chronicles/25-1.htm" title="Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.">2Chronicles 25:1-4</a>).<p>(1, 2) <span class= "bld">Amaziah . . . the Lord.</span>--So <a href="/2_kings/14-2.htm" title="He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.">2Kings 14:2</a>.<p><span class= "bld">But not with a perfect heart.</span>--This is a brief equivalent of the words of the older text: "only not like David his father: according to all that Joash his father had done, he did." The reference to Joash is omitted, perhaps because that king appears to less advantage in the Chronicles than ill Kings. In fact, the chronicler's estimate of both princes is less favourable than that of the older historian. Such differences are perfectly natural, and it is needless to attempt to "reconcile" or eliminate them.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Twenty and five years old...</span> <span class="cmt_word">reigned twenty and nine years.</span> Glance at notes on vers. 1, 15, 17 of foregoing chapter, from which it appears that, as Joash died <span class="accented">aetat.</span> forty-seven, and Amaziah was now twenty-five, he must have been born when his father was twenty-two years old, and <span class="cmt_word">Jehoaddan</span> correspondingly likely to have been one of the two wives Jehoiada selected for Joash, at the age, on <span class="accented">other</span> data, of twenty-one years. <span class="cmt_word">Of Jerusalem</span>. This affix to the mother's name may perhaps carry credit to the memory of Jehoiada, for having been careful to select a woman of the honoured city rather than of any provincial or even less worthy city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Amaziah</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·maṣ·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_558.htm">Strong's 558: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amaziah -- 'Yah is mighty', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was twenty-five</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶשְׂרִ֨ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years old</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[when] he became king,</span><br /><span class="heb">מָלַ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he reigned</span><br /><span class="heb">מָלַ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bî·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twenty-nine</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His mother’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אִמּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">name</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשֵׁ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was Jehoaddan;</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹעַדָּ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·w·‘ad·dān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3086.htm">Strong's 3086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jehoaddan -- perhaps 'the LORD delights', mother of King Amaziah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she was from Jerusalem.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִירוּשָׁלָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mî·rū·šā·lā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">2 Chronicles 25:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/25-1.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 24:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 24:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 25:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 25:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>