14:5 When he had secured control of the kingdom, 1 he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. 2 14:6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, 3 “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, 4 and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. 5 A man must be put to death only for his own sin.” 6
1 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure in his hand.”
2 tn Heb “he struck down his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”
3 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the
4 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
5 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
6 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.