2 Chronicles 25:4

4 But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, 1"Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin."

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 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart.
3 And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father.
4 But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin."
5 Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were 300,000 choice men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield.
6 He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents of silver.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 24:16; [Jeremiah 31:30; Ezekiel 18:20]
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