◄ 2 Kings 14:5 ►
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Good News Translation
As soon as Amaziah was firmly in power, he executed the officials who had killed his father, the king.

New Revised Standard Version
As soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

Contemporary English Version
As soon as Amaziah had control of Judah, he arrested and killed the officers who had murdered his father.

New American Bible
When Amaziah had the kingdom firmly in hand, he struck down the officials who had struck down the king, his father.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king, his father.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king, his father.

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3166 B.C.

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that he slew

Genesis 9:6 Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Exodus 21:12-14 He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death. . . .

Numbers 35:33 Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained with the blood of the innocent: neither can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another.

his servants

2 Kings 12:20,21 And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas, in the house of Mello, in the descent of Sella. . . .

2 Chronicles 25:3,4 And when he saw himself strengthened in his kingdom, he put to death the servants that had slain the king his father. . . .

Context
Amaziah Reigns in Judah
…4But this only, that he took not away the high places; for yet the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places: 5And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king, his father.6But the children of the murderers he did not put to death, according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying: The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sin.…
Cross References
2 Kings 12:20
And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas, in the house of Mello, in the descent of Sella.

2 Kings 15:19
And Phul, king of the Assyrians, came into the land, and Manahem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver to aid him and to establish him in the kingdom.

2 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon: and made Josias, his son, their king in his stead.

2 Chronicles 25:3
And when he saw himself strengthened in his kingdom, he put to death the servants that had slain the king his father.

2 Kings 14:4
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