⁵ Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants ^(A)who had murdered his father the king.

^3 (A)Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established for him, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king. ⁴ However he did not execute their children, but did as it is written in the Law in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, ^(B)“The fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall die for his own sin.”

²⁰ And ^(A)his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of ^[a]the Millo, which goes down to Silla. ²¹ For ^[b]Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of ^[c]Shomer, his servants, struck him. So he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then ^(B)Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

³³ So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood ^(A)defiles the land, and no ^[a]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except ^(B)by the blood of him who shed it.

The Law Concerning Violence

^12 (A)“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. ¹³ However, ^(B)if he did not lie in wait, but God ^(C)delivered him into his hand, then ^(D)I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

¹⁴ “But if a man acts with ^(E)premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, ^(F)you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.