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2 Chronicles 25:4 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 25 · verse 4
But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.2 Chronicles 25:4 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 25:4 in context
2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
3Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
4But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
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Key words (Strong's)
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- writtenkâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
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Here is, I. The general character of Amaziah: He did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, worshipped the true God, kept the temple service a going, and countenanced religion in his kingdom;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13