Discovery Box2 Kings 14:6 
Context14:6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, 1 “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, 2 and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. 3 A man must be put to death only for his own sin.” 4
2 Kings 23:24
Context23:24 Josiah also got rid of 5 the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, 6 the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, 7 and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law 8 recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord’s temple.
1 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the
2 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
3 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
4 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.
5 tn Here בִּעֵר (bi’er) is not the well attested verb “burn,” but the less common homonym meaning “devastate, sweep away, remove.” See HALOT 146 s.v. בער.
6 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 21:6.
7 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
8 tn Heb “carrying out the words of the law.”
