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 twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart. Now it came about as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had slain his father the king. 4However, he did not put their children to death, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, which the Lord commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor sons be put to death for fathers, but each shall be put to death for his own sin.” 5Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he took a census of those from twenty years old and upward and found them to be 300,000 choice men, able to go to war and 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

• it cameהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• as the kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• firmlyחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• that he killedהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• who had slainנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 25:3

• 2 Kings 14:5Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father.
• 2 Chronicles 24:25When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and murdered him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
• Genesis 9:5Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
• Exodus 21:14If, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him craftily, you are to take him even from My altar, that he may die.
• Numbers 35:31Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who 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