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2 Chronicles 25:3

1 Amaziah 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.

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

4 Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book 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.”

5 Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.

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BSB
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
KJV
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
WEB
Now when the kingdom was established to him, he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.
ASV
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
DARBY
And it came to pass when the kingdom was established unto him, that he killed his servants who had smitten the king his father.
BLB
And it came to pass, when the kingdom was strong for him, that he killed his servants who had struck his father the king.
ÅB
Så snart han hadde fått kongedømmet fast i sin hånd, slo han ihjel dem av sine tjenere som hadde slått ihjel hans far kongen.
OTB
Da riket var fast i hans hånd, henrettet han sine tjenere som hadde drept hans far, kongen.
B1930
Så snart han hadde fått kongedømmet fast i sin hånd, slo han ihjel dem av sine tjenere som hadde slått ihjel hans far kongen.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 24:25–26

    And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

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  • 2 Kings 14:5–22

    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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  • Numbers 35:31–33

    You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

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  • Genesis 9:5–6

    And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

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  • Exodus 21:14

    But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

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