But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu king of Israel,.... The occasion of it was this, when Amaziah dismissed the hired soldiers of Israel they were displeased,…
Barnes' Notes
The children of the murderers he slew not - This seems to be noted as a rare instance of clemency (compare 2Ki 9:26 note). It is strange at first sight, that, when the Law contained so very plain a…
Adam Clarke
But the children of the murderers he slew not - Here he showed his conscientious regard for the law of Moses; for God had positively said, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children,…
Amaziah, the son and successor of Joash, is the king whom here we have an account of. Let us take a view of him,
I. In the temple; and there he acted, in some measure, well, like Joash, but not like…
Cambridge Bible
the children of the murderers he slew not R.V. he put not to death. The Hebrew has a different verb here from that which is twice over used for -to slay" in the previous verse.
according unto that…
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