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When he had secured control of the kingdom,[a] he executed the servants who had assassinated his father the king. However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,[b] “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do,[c] and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do.[d] A man must be executed only for his own sin.”[e]

Amaziah assembled the people of Judah[f] and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of 1,000 and the commanders of units of 100 for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age[g] equipped with spears and shields.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:3 tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure upon him.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:4 tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:4 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 25:4 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 25:4 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.
  6. 2 Chronicles 25:5 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.
  7. 2 Chronicles 25:5 tn Heb “young men going out to war.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 25:5 tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”