2 Kings 14:5
As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father,2 Kings 14:5 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — 2 રાજાઓ ૧૪:૫
- એવું બન્યું કે, જેવું તેનું રાજય સ્થાપ્યું કે, તરત જ તેણે પોતાના પિતાનું ખૂન કરનારા ચાકરોને મારી નાખ્યા.
- हिन्दी — 2 राजाओं १४:५
- जब राज्य उसके हाथ में स्थिर हो गया, तब उसने अपने उन कर्मचारियों को मृत्यु-दण्ड दिया, जिन्होंने उसके पिता राजा को मार डाला था।
In context
3He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done.
4However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
5As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father,
6but the children of the murderers he didn’t put to death, according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.”
7He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
World English Bible · Public domain