2 Kings 14:5
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
2 Kings 14:5 in other translations
| BSB | As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king. |
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| WEB | As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father, |
| ASV | And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father: |
| YLT | And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong in his hand, that he smiteth his servants, those smiting the king his father, |
| DARBY | And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had smitten the king his father. |
| BBE | Now when he became strong in the kingdom, straight away he put to death those servants who had taken the life of the king his father; |
| Webster | And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father. |
What does 2 Kings 14:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 14:3-6
2Ki 14:1-6. Amaziah's Good Reign over Judah. 3-6. He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father--The beginning of his reign was excellent, for he acted the part of a constitutional king, according to the law of God, yet not with perfect sincerity of heart (compare 2Ch 25:2). As in the case of his father Joash, the early promise was belied by the devious course he personally…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 14:1-7
Amaziah began well, but did not go on so. It is not enough to do that which our pious predecessors did, merely to keep up the common usage, but we must do it as they did, from the same principle of faith and devotion, and with the same sincerity and resolution.
2 Kings 14:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 14:5
- 2 Chronicles 25:3-4
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 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 Kings 12:20-21
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
- Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
- Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- Exodus 21:12-14
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
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Context
- 2 Kings 14:4
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
- 2 Kings 14:5
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
- 2 Kings 14:6
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein 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 be put to death for his own sin.
2 Kings 14:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y luego que el reino fué confirmado en su mano, hirió á sus siervos, los que habían muerto al rey su padre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva que, quand la royauté fut affermie dans sa main, il fit mourir ses serviteurs qui avaient frappé le roi, son père. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah, als das Königtum in seiner Hand erstarkt war, da erschlug er seine Knechte, die den König, seinen Vater, erschlagen hatten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque obtinuisset regnum, percussit servos suos, qui interfecerant regem patrem suum: |