2 Chronicles 25:3
And when he saw himself to be strengthened in his rule, he cut the throats of the servants who had killed his father, the king.
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2And he accomplished good in the sight of the Lord. Yet truly, not with a perfect heart.
Cross References
Exodus 21:14If someone murders his neighbor with deliberation, by lying in wait, you shall tear him away from my altar, so that he may die.
2 Kings 14:5And when he had obtained the kingdom, he struck down those of his servants who had killed his father, the king.
2 Chronicles 24:25And upon departing, they left him greatly debilitated. Then his servants rose up against him, in vengeance for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest. And they killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings.
2 Chronicles 33:25But the rest of the multitude of the people, having slain those who had struck down Amon, appointed his son, Josiah, as 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 →