2 Chronicles 25:3
And it came to pass, when the kingdom was confirmed unto him, that he slew his servants who had smitten the king his father;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,—only not with a whole heart.
Cross References
Exodus 21:14But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.
2 Kings 14:5And it came to pass that, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, he smote his servants who smote the king his father;
2 Chronicles 24:25And, when they had departed from him, for they left him with sore diseases, his own servants conspired against him, for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him upon his bed, and he died,—and, though they buried him in the city of David, yet did they not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Chronicles 33:25But the people of the land smote all the conspirators against King Amon,—and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
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 →