2 Kings 14:6 meaning and explanation

Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”

2 Kings 14:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Amaziah has just secured his throne in Judah and executed the officials who murdered his father Joash. Verse 6 notes that he stopped there, sparing the killers' sons.

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