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He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, although he did not do so wholeheartedly.

As soon as the kingdom was firmly under his control, Amaziah put to death those servants who had murdered his father, the king. However, he did not put their children to death, in obedience to what is written in the law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their parents. Each one shall he put to death for his own sin.”

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