2 Chronicles 25:3-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

³Now ^(A)it came about as soon as the kingdom was ^[a]firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had slain his father the king. ⁴However, he did not put their children to death, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, which the Lord commanded, saying, “^(B)Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor sons be put to death for fathers, but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”

Amaziah Defeats Edomites

⁵Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he ^[b]took a census of those ^(C)from twenty years old and upward and found them to be ^(D)300,000 choice men, able to go to war and handle spear and shield.

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Footnotes

2 Chronicles 25:3 Lit firm upon him
2 Chronicles 25:5 Lit mustered

2 Chronicles 25:3-5

New International Version

³After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. ⁴Yet he did not put their children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses,^(A) where the Lord commanded: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children be put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”^[a]^(B)

⁵Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He then mustered^(C) those twenty years old^(D) or more and found that there were three hundred thousand men fit for military service,^(E) able to handle the spear and shield.

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