Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 25:1-2

"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. And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart." — 2 Chronicles 25:1-2 (ASV)

THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH (Compare to 2 Kings 14:1–20).

DURATION AND CHARACTER OF THE REIGN. EXECUTION OF THE MURDERERS OF JOASH (2 Chronicles 25:1–4).

Amaziah ... the Lord. —So 2 Kings 14:2.

But not with a perfect heart. —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 in 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.