2 Chronicles 25:3

2 Chronicles 25:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
• New International Version (NIV)After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established for him, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

Context of 2 Chronicles 25:3

1Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. 2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart. Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 4But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin. 5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

2 Chronicles 25:3 word by word

וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר חָזְקָ֥ה הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה עָלָ֑יו וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו הַמַּכִּ֖ים אֶת־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אָבִֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• slewהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 25:3

• 2 Kings 14:5And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father:
• 2 Chronicles 24:25And when they were departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
• Genesis 9:5And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.
• Exodus 21:14And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
• Numbers 35:31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 25:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Amaziah executed the officials to avenge his father and fulfill the justice described in the Law.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-42Ch 25:1-4. Amaziah Begins to Reign Well. 1. Amaziah was twenty and five years old, &c.--(See 2Ki 14:1-6). 2Ch 25:5-10. Having Hired an Army of Israelites against the Edomites, at the Word of a Prophet He Loses a Hundred Talents and Dismisses Them.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary