2 Chronicles 25:3

Now when he became strong in the kingdom, he put to death those men who had taken the life of the king his father.

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In The King James Version

Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

In Context

2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.

4But he did not put their children to death, for he kept the orders of the Lord recorded in the book of the law of Moses, saying, The fathers are not to be put to death for their children or the children for their fathers, but a man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:14But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

2 Kings 14:5Now when he became strong in the kingdom, straight away he put to death those servants who had taken the life of the king his father;

2 Chronicles 24:25And when they had gone away from him, (for he was broken with disease,) his servants made a secret design against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they put him to death on his bed; and they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.

2 Chronicles 33:25But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:2-14

Amaziah's Reign and Victories. ( b. c. 838.) 1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , but not with a perfect heart. 3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses,… Read the whole commentary →

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