Discovery Box2 Chronicles 25:3-5
Context25:3 When he had secured control of the kingdom, 1 he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 2 25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, 3 “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, 4 and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. 5 A man must be executed only for his own sin.” 6
25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah 7 and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age 8 equipped with spears and shields. 9
[25:3] 1 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure upon him.”
[25:3] 2 tn Heb “he killed his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”
[25:4] 3 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the
[25:4] 4 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
[25:4] 5 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
[25:4] 6 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.
[25:5] 5 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.
