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 25 years old when he became king and reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan from Jerusalem. 2Now he did what was right in the eyes of Adonai, but not wholeheartedly. Once he had the kingdom firmly secured under him, he executed his courtiers who had assassinated his father the king. 4He did not put their children to death, but acted according to what is written in the Torah, in the book of Moses, which Adonai commanded saying, “Parents should not die for the children, neither should the children die for the parents, but every person should die for his own sin.” 5Amaziah gathered together the people of Judah and assigned them according to their clans to officers of thousands and officers of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those from 20 years old and upward, and found 300,000 chosen men, able to go to war, able to 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now it came to pass, when the kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• was establishedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• to him, that he slewהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• that had killedנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 25:3

• 2 Kings 14:5Once the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his courtiers who had assassinated his father the king.
• 2 Chronicles 24:25When they withdrew from him—for they left him very sick—his own servants plotted against him because of the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the kohen, and assassinated him on his bed. He died and was buried in the city of David—but not in the tombs of the kings.
• Genesis 9:5Surely your lifeblood will I avenge. From every animal and from every person will I avenge it. From every person’s brother will I avenge that person’s life.
• Exodus 21:14If a man presumes to kill his neighbor with craftiness, you are to take him from My altar and put him to death.
• Numbers 35:31“You are not to accept ransom for the life of a murderer. He deserves to die and he is to die.

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