2 Chronicles 25:3

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When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father the king.

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  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative. 6 “Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”
  • Exod 21:14 : 14 But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
  • Num 35:31-33 : 31 Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death. 32 And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest. 33 “You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
  • 2 Kgs 14:5-9 : 5 When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 6 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.” 7 He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day. 8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said,“Come, let’s meet face to face.” 9 King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah,“A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon,‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn. 10 You thoroughly defeated Edom and it has gone to your head! Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” 11 But Amaziah would not heed the warning, so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face in Beth Shemesh of Judah. 12 Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. 13 King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate– a distance of about six hundred feet. 14 He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the LORD’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria. 15 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 16 Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.) 17 King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel. 18 The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 19 Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there. 20 His body was carried back by horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the City of David. 21 All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place. 22 Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.
  • 2 Chr 24:25-26 : 25 When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. 26 The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath(an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith(a Moabite woman).

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  • 2 Kgs 14:5-6
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    5When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

    6But 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.”

  • 2 Chr 25:4
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    4However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the LORD’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,“Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. A man must be executed only for his own sin.”

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
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    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
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    3He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.

  • 2 Chr 33:24-25
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    24His servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

    25The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 2:46
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    46The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 21:4
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    4Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful. Then he killed all his brothers, as well as some of the officials of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:24-25
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    24Now, as certainly as the LORD lives(he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”

    25King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.

  • 2 Chr 24:22
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    22King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said,“May the LORD take notice and seek vengeance!”

  • 2 Chr 24:25
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    25When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  • 2 Kgs 21:23-24
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    23Amon’s servants conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.

    24The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
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    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
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    31The king told him,“Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.

    32May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he– Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

  • 2 Chr 22:8
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    8While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.

  • 1 Sam 22:16-17
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    16But the king said,“You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

    17Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him,“Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm the priests of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
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    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
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    15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

  • 2 Kgs 12:21
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    21His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

  • 1 Chr 10:14
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    14He did not seek the LORD’s guidance, so the LORD killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

  • 2 Kgs 3:27
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    27So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel, so they broke off the attack and returned to their homeland.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
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    3He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.

  • 2 Chr 25:2
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    2He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

  • 2 Chr 21:13
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    13but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the LORD, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. You also killed your brothers, members of your father’s family, who were better than you.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
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    34He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 1 Chr 17:11
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    11When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

  • 1 Chr 29:23
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    23Solomon sat on the LORD’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him.

  • 2 Kgs 10:9
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    9In the morning he went out and stood there. Then he said to all the people,“You are innocent. I conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all of these men?

  • 2 Chr 22:4
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    4He did evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they gave him advice that led to his destruction.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
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    4and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

  • 2 Kgs 3:3
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    3Yet he persisted in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them.

  • 2 Chr 34:2-3
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    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

    3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

  • 1 Kgs 2:34
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    34So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

  • Ezek 18:18
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    18As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
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    6Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
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    15They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There they executed her.

  • 2 Kgs 10:25
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    25When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard and officers,“Come in and strike them down! Don’t let any escape!” So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
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    32He did evil in the sight of the LORD as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 23:3
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    3and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them,“The king’s son will rule, just as the LORD promised David’s descendants.

  • 2 Chr 28:5
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    5The LORD his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him.

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
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    27Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?”

  • 1 Sam 24:11
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    11Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.

  • 1 Kgs 1:21
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    21If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

  • 2 Chr 25:27
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    27From the time Amaziah turned from following the LORD, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.