2 Kings 14:5-7
New English Translation
5 When he had secured control of the kingdom,[a] he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.[b] 6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the scroll of the law of Moses, “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do,[c] and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do.[d] A man must be put to death only for his own sin.”[e]
7 He defeated[f] 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.
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- 2 Kings 14:5 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure in his hand.”
- 2 Kings 14:5 tn Heb “he struck down his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”
- 2 Kings 14:6 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
- 2 Kings 14:6 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
- 2 Kings 14:6 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.
- 2 Kings 14:7 tn Or “struck down.”
2 Kings 14:5-7
King James Version
5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
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