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.”

No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.