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# In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel
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"When Jehoash son of Jehoahaz had been king of Israel for almost two years"
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# Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign
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"Amaziah son of Joash, became the king of Judah"
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# He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign
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"He was 25 years old when he became king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem
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"he was the king in Jerusalem for 29 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# Jehoaddan
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(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father
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Here "the eyes of Yahweh" refers to his sight, and his sight refers to his judgment. AT: "Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# He did everything that Joash, his father, had done
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Joash obeyed Yahweh and did good things. This can be made explicit. AT: "He did the same good things that his father Joash had done" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])