⁵ Amaziah made himself strong to rule his kingdom with authority. Then he killed the officers who had murdered his father, King Joash. ⁶ But he did not punish their sons with death. He obeyed the Lord's command that was written in the Book of the Law of Moses. The command says, ‘Do not punish fathers with death when their sons do bad things. Do not punish children with death when their fathers do bad things. Each person must die only because of his own sins.’^[a]

⁷ Amaziah killed 10,000 soldiers from Edom in Salt valley.^[b] He attacked Sela city and he took it for himself. He gave it a new name, ‘Joktheel’. That is still its name.