Amaziah

Amaziah takes the throne after Joash's assassination — mentioned briefly here as the successor who inherits a kingdom marked by his father's catastrophic betrayal and spiritual collapse.

Amaziah is being formally introduced as king — his age, reign length, and the critical editorial verdict are all given here before his first major decision unfolds.

Amaziah is the recently deceased father whose example Uzziah initially follows — establishing the pattern of doing right before the Lord that characterizes Uzziah's early reign.

Amaziah appears here briefly as Joash's military opponent — the king of Judah whom Joash fought, a detail that shows Joash was a capable military leader whose strength was directed everywhere except toward spiritual renewal.

Amaziah begins his twenty-nine-year reign at twenty-five, receiving the backhanded commendation that he did right in God's eyes — but only to the standard of his father Joash, not David.

Amaziah is referenced here solely as Joshah's father, providing the genealogical marker that distinguishes this particular Simeonite leader — not the king of Judah but a clan patriarch.

Amaziah is the royal priest at Bethel who attempts to silence Amos by reporting him to King Jeroboam as a political conspirator, reframing a divine message as an act of treason.