2 Chronicles 25:1-4

Amaziah’s Reign

25:1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. 25:2 He did what the Lord approved, ²  but not with wholehearted devotion. ³ 

25:3 When he had secured control of the kingdom, ⁴  he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. ⁵  25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ⁶  “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, ⁷  and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. ⁸  A man must be executed only for his own sin.” ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 25:11-12

25:11 Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, ¹⁰  where he defeated ¹¹  10,000 Edomites. ¹²  25:12 The men ¹³  of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. ¹⁴  All the captives ¹⁵  fell to their death. ¹⁶ 

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

³ 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.”

⁴ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

⁵ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

⁶ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

⁷ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.

⁵ tn Heb “and Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt.”

⁶ tn Or “struck down.”

⁷ tn Heb “sons of Seir.”

⁶ tn Heb “sons.”

⁷ tn Heb “and threw them from the top of the cliff.”

⁸ tn Heb “all of them.”

⁹ tn Heb “smashed in pieces.”