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Amaziah of Judah Amasias (DRB) pronounced /æməˈzaɪ.ə/ and Amatzyah (Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָהוּ ʼĂmaṣyāhû ; meaning the strength of the Lord strengthened by Jehovah or Yahweh is mighty; Greek: αμασιας; Latin: Amasias) was a king of Judah the son and successor of Joash. His mother was Jehoaddan (rendered Joadan in the Douay-Rheims and some other translations) (2 Kings 14:1-4) and his son was Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:1). He took the throne at the age of 25 (2 Chronicles 25:1).
