2 Tawarikh 25:2-4

25:2 He did what the Lord approved, ¹  but not with wholehearted devotion. ² 

25:3 When he had secured control of the kingdom, ³  he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. ⁴  25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ⁵  “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, ⁶  and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. ⁷  A man must be executed only for his own sin.” ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

² tn Heb “a complete heart.”

³ tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure upon him.”

⁴ tn Heb “he killed his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”

⁵ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

⁶ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

⁷ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

⁸ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.