Common misinterpretations treat this factual record as an endorsement of Amaziah's righteousness or attribute spiritual significance to trivial details like his age, reign length, or mother's origin, overlooking that it is neutral biography; later verses clarify he followed God but not wholeheartedly like David, and forcing numerology or precise dating schemes here ignores the passage's purpose in the broader covenantal history of Israel's kings.
II Kings 14:2
King James Version (1769)
2 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.
This verse provides essential historical details about Amaziah, king of Judah, marking the start of his 29-year reign at age 25 from Jerusalem, with his mother Jehoaddan also from there, serving as a chronological anchor in the Books of Kings to frame the evaluation of his character and obedience to God in the verses that follow.