2 Kings 14:6-8

Good News Translation

^6 (A)However, he did not kill their children but followed what the Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses: “Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for a crime they themselves have committed.”

⁷ Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley; he captured the city of Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, the name it still has.

⁸ Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, challenging him to fight.^[a]