2 Kings 14:1-6

Legacy Standard Bible

Amaziah Reigns over Judah

14 ^(A)In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, ^(B)Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king. ² He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. ³ And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done. ⁴ Only ^(C)the high places were not taken away; ^(D)the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ⁵ Now it happened as soon as the kingdom was strong in his hand, that he ^(E)struck down his servants who had struck down the king his father. ⁶ But the sons of those who struck him down he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, which Yahweh commanded, saying, “^(F)Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor sons be put to death for their fathers; but ^(G)each shall be put to death for his own sin.”