2 KINGS 14:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
His mother was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem — the maternal influence emphasized in the royal formula, though her background cannot be traced. Amaziah's reign is framed by his parentage: his father Joash and his mother Jehoaddin, both of whom shape the conditions of his rule. The mention of maternal lineage, rooted in Jerusalem itself (the cultic and political center), suggests legitimacy and connection to the Davidic house. Yet the thoroughness of the genealogical notice belies the spiritual instability that will characterize his rule.
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