2 Chronicles 25:4

4 However, he didn't kill their children because of what is written in the Instruction scroll from Moses, where the LORD commanded, Parents shouldn't be executed because of what their children have done; neither should children be executed because of what their parents have done. Each person should be executed for their own guilty acts.

2 Chronicles 25:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 25:4

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 25:1)

2 Chronicles 25:4 In-Context

2 He did what was right in the LORD's eyes but not with all his heart.

3 Once he had secured control over his kingdom, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father the king.

4 However, he didn't kill their children because of what is written in the Instruction scroll from Moses, where the LORD commanded, Parents shouldn't be executed because of what their children have done; neither should children be executed because of what their parents have done. Each person should be executed for their own guilty acts.

5 Amaziah gathered the people of Judah, organizing them into family units under captains of thousands and hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He summoned everyone 20 years old and older and found that there were three hundred thousand select troops, ready for service and able to handle spears and body-sized shields.

6 He also hired one hundred thousand warriors from Israel for one hundred kikkars of silver.

Footnotes

• [a]. Deut 24:16