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2 Chronicles 25:1-4
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2 Chronicles 25:1-4
New English Translation
Amaziah’s Reign
25 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother[a] was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. 2 He did what the Lord approved,[b] but not with wholehearted devotion.[c]
3 When he had secured control of the kingdom,[d] he executed the servants who had assassinated his father the king. 4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,[e] “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do,[f] and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do.[g] A man must be executed only for his own sin.”[h]
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- 2 Chronicles 25:1 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:2 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:2 tn Heb “a complete heart.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:3 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure upon him.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:4 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:4 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:4 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:4 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.
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