2 Chronicles 25:4

4 But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the law, in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, "The parents shall not be put to death for the children, or the children be put to death for the parents; but all shall be put to death for their own sins."

2 Chronicles 25:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 25:4

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 25:1)

2 Chronicles 25:4 In-Context

2 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not with a true heart.
3 As soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had murdered his father the king.
4 But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the law, in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, "The parents shall not be put to death for the children, or the children be put to death for the parents; but all shall be put to death for their own sins."
5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah, and set them by ancestral houses under commanders of the thousands and of the hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were three hundred thousand picked troops fit for war, able to handle spear and shield.
6 He also hired one hundred thousand mighty warriors from Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
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