2 Chronicles 25:4

וְאֶת ־ בְּנֵיהֶם לֹא הֵמִית כִּי כַכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה בְּסֵפֶר מֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר ־ צִוָּה יְהוָה לֵאמֹר לֹא ־ יָמוּתוּ אָבוֹת עַל ־ בָּנִים וּבָנִים לֹא ־ יָמוּתוּ עַל ־ אָבוֹת כִּי אִישׁ בְּחֶטְאוֹ יָמֽוּתוּ ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

In Context

3וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר חָזְקָה הַמַּמְלָכָה עָלָיו וַֽיַּהֲרֹג אֶת ־ עֲבָדָיו הַמַּכִּים אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אָבִֽיו ׃

5וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֲמַצְיָהוּ אֶת ־ יְהוּדָה וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵם לְבֵית ־ אָבוֹת לְשָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים וּלְשָׂרֵי הַמֵּאוֹת לְכָל ־ יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם לְמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה וַיִּמְצָאֵם שְׁלֹשׁ ־ מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף בָּחוּר יוֹצֵא צָבָא אֹחֵז רֹמַח וְצִנָּֽה ׃

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Cross References

2 Kings 14:5וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר חָזְקָה הַמַּמְלָכָה בְּיָדוֹ וַיַּךְ אֶת ־ עֲבָדָיו הַמַּכִּים אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אָבִֽיו ׃

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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