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-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. 2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly. As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king. 4Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.” 5Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the 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

• ·הָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• As soon asכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• the kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• was firmlyחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• in his graspעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Amaziah executedהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• who had murderedנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 25:3

• 2 Kings 14:5As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
• 2 Chronicles 24:25And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
• Genesis 9:5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
• Exodus 21:14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
• Numbers 35:31You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must 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