Howbeit the high places were not taken away Though he first did that which was right before God; nor did his father take them away; see ( 2 Kings 12:3 ) .
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He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.
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Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
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As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
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Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
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