2 Chronicles 25:3 KJV — MannaFest

2 Chronicles 25:3

Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

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ASV

Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

WEB

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

YLT

And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong upon him, that he slayeth his servants, those smiting the king his father,

DBT

And it came to pass when the kingdom was established unto him, that he killed his servants who had smitten the king his father.

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2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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2 Kings 14:5–22
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
2 Chronicles 24:25–26
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Numbers 35:31–33
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Genesis 9:5–6
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Exodus 21:14
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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25 ), yet this would by no means justify their wickedness; for they were not the avengers, but presumptuously took God's work out of his hands: and therefore Amaziah did what became him in calling them to an account for it, but forbade the putting of the children to death for the parents' sin,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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