Verse 5

When the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father the king.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death. 13 But if he did not intend to kill, and it was allowed by God to happen, then I will provide a place where he can flee. 14 However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.
  • Num 35:33 : 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it.
  • 2 Kgs 12:20-21 : 20 The rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. 21 Joash’s officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth Millo, on the road down to Silla.
  • 2 Chr 25:3-4 : 3 When his kingdom was firmly established, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father, the king. 4 However, he did not put their children to death, in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: 'Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for their own sin.'