2 Kings 14:6-8

New English Translation

⁶But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the scroll of the law of Moses, “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do,^[a] and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do.^[b] A man must be put to death only for his own sin.”^[c]

⁷He defeated^[d] 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day. ⁸Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, “Come, let’s meet face to face.”^[e]

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Footnotes

2 Kings 14:6 tn Heb “on account of sons.”
2 Kings 14:6 tn Heb “on account of fathers.”
2 Kings 14:6 sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.
2 Kings 14:7 tn Or “struck down.”
2 Kings 14:8 tn Heb “let us look at each other [in the] face.” The expression refers here to meeting in battle. See v. 11.

2 Kings 14:6-8

New International Version

⁶Yet 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)

⁷He 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.

⁸Then 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.”

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