25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. 1 His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. 25:2 He did what the Lord approved, 2 but not with wholehearted devotion. 3
25:3 When he had secured control of the kingdom, 4 he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 5 25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, 6 “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, 7 and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. 8 A man must be executed only for his own sin.” 9
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the
3 tn Heb “a complete heart.”
4 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure upon him.”
5 tn Heb “he killed his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”
6 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the
7 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
8 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
9 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.