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2 Chronicles 25:3

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What does 2 Chronicles 25:3 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
2 Chronicles 25:3 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 25

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.
3Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
4But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Jehovah 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 ordered them according to their fathers` houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“25:3-4 Amaziah . . . executed the officials to avenge his father and carry out the justice prescribed in the Law.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“am 3166, bc 838 Now it came: 2Kings 14:5-22 established to him: Heb. confirmed upon him he slew: Ch2 24:25, Ch2 24:26; Gen 9:5, Gen 9:6; Exo 21:14; Num 35:31-33; No doubt those wicked men, Jozachar and Jehozabad, who murdered his father, had considerable influence; and therefore he found it dangerous to bring them to justice, till he was assured of the loyalty of his other officers: when this was clear, he called them to an account, and justly put them to death for treason and murder; for, if even these conspirators against Joash intended to avenge upon him the death of Zechariah, they acted without a commission from that God "to whom vengeance belongeth. 2 Chronicles 25:4”
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