2 Kings 14:5-6
14:5 When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.
14:6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin.”
2 Kings 14:2
14:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.
His mother
was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.
2 Kings 25:4
25:4 The enemy broke through the city walls,
and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night.
They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king’s garden.
(The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.
Jeremiah 31:29-30
The Lord Will Make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah
31:29 “When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’
31:30 Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb.
Ezekiel 18:20
18:20 The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer
for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer
for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.