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Now 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. He 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.”

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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.(A) After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. Yet he did not put their children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses,(B) where the Lord commanded: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children be put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 25:4 Deut. 24:16