2 Kings 14:5
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And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
In other translations
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust whenH834חָזְקָהchazekahit was secureH2388הַמַּמְלָכָהhamamlakhahthe kingdomH4467בְּיָדוֹbeyadoin hand hisH3027וַיַּךְvaiyakhand he struck downH5221אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֲבָדָיו'avadavservants hisH5650הַמַּכִּיםhamakimwho had struck downH5221אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אָבִיו׃'avivfather hisH1
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Related verses
- 2 Kings 12:20-2120 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.20 And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla. 21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 25:3-43 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, where the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.3 As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king. 4 Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
- Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Exodus 21:12-1412 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.12 Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death. 13 If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. 14 But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
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