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.
2 Chronicles 25:1-4
Christian Standard Bible
Judah’s King Amaziah
25 Amaziah(A) became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. 2 He did what was right in the Lord’s sight but not wholeheartedly.(B)
3 As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp,[a] he executed his servants who had killed his father the king. 4 However, he did not put their children to death, because—as it is written in the Law, in the book of Moses,(C) where the Lord commanded—“Fathers are not to die because of children, and children are not to die because of fathers, but each one will die for his own sin.”(D)
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- 25:3 LXX, Syr; MT reads was strong on him; 1Kg 14:4
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