2 Kings 14:5

5 It happened that when the kingdom was firmly in his hand, he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.

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 He did right in the eyes of Yahweh, only not as David his ancestor; as all which Jehoash his father had done, he did.

4 Only the high places were not removed; the people [were] still sacrificing and offering incense on the high places.

5 It happened that when the kingdom was firmly in his hand, he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.

6 But the sons of the killers he did not kill, as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which Yahweh had commanded, saying, "Fathers should not be killed because of children, and children should not be killed because of fathers; but a man should die because of his [own] sin."

7 He also killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and he seized Sela in the battle, and he called its name Jokteel, until this day.