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== Early Life and Family ==

== Early Life and Family ==

Amaziah's parents were King [[son of::successor of::Joash]] and his favorite wife [[son of::Jehoaddan]] of [[Jerusalem]], to whom he was born in the fifteenth year of Joash's reign.

Amaziah's parents were King [[Joash]] and his favorite wife [[Jehoaddan]] of [[Jerusalem]], to whom he was born in the fifteenth year of Joash's reign.

Amaziah himself married [[husband of::Jecoliah]] of Jerusalem. By Jecoliah he had his son and successor, [[father of::succeeded by::Uzziah]]. This happened either when Amaziah was 37 years old (and in the thirteenth year of his reign) or when he was 12 years old (and would not take the throne for another thirteen years). The different birth dates for his son are required by the different chronological systems--a fact that Thiele never acknowledged in his lifetime, but which his disciple, [[Leslie McFall]], readily admits.<ref name=Pierce2>[[Larry Pierce]], "Some Objections Considered," in [[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', Larry Pierce, ed., Master Books, 2003, pp. 921-926 ISBN 0890513600</ref>

Amaziah himself married [[Jecoliah]] of Jerusalem. By Jecoliah he had his son and successor, [[Uzziah]]. This happened either when Amaziah was 37 years old (and in the thirteenth year of his reign) or when he was 12 years old (and would not take the throne for another thirteen years). The different birth dates for his son are required by the different chronological systems--a fact that Thiele never acknowledged in his lifetime, but which his disciple, [[Leslie McFall]], readily admits.<ref name=Pierce2>[[Larry Pierce]], "Some Objections Considered," in [[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', Larry Pierce, ed., Master Books, 2003, pp. 921-926 ISBN 0890513600</ref>

== Accession and Early Reign ==

== Accession and Early Reign ==