2 Kings 14:5

5 And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had smitten the king his father.

2 Kings 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:5

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was strengthened in
his hand
That he was well settled on the throne, and had a share in the affection of the people, and the idolatry and murder his father had committed were worn off of the minds of the people, and the friends of the conspirators against him were become few or none:

that he slew his servants that had slain the king his father;
charged them with the murder in a court of judicature, obtained a sentence against them, and had them executed.

2 Kings 14:5 In-Context

3 And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

4 Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

5 And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had smitten the king his father.

6 But the children of those that smote [him] he did not put to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein Jehovah commanded saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

7 He smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela in the war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit. 'smote.'