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2 Kings 14:6-8
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2 Kings 14:6-8
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6 But he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, in compliance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the Lord commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor shall the sons be put to death for the fathers; but each shall be put to death [only] for his own sin.”(A)
7 Amaziah killed 10,000 [men] of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took [a]Sela (rock) by war, and renamed it Joktheel, to this day.
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to [b]Jehoash (Joash) the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face each other [in combat].”
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- 2 Kings 14:7 Gr Petra.
- 2 Kings 14:8 See note 12:1.
2 Kings 14:6-8
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2 Kings 14:6-8
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6 Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law(A) of Moses where the Lord commanded: “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[a](B)
7 He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt(C) and captured Sela(D) in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, with the challenge: “Come, let us face each other in battle.”
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 14:6 Deut. 24:16
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