2 Kings 14:3-7

Amaziah Reigns in Judah

3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done. 4 n But the high places were not removed; o the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. 5 And as soon as the royal power was p firmly in his hand, he struck down his servants q who had struck down the king his father. 6 But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, r "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But each one shall die for his own sin."

7 s He struck down ten thousand Edomites in t the Valley of Salt and took u Sela by storm, and called it v Joktheel, which is its name to this day.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:3
    Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:4
    And he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:19
    Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold on the royal power.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:20
    His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 24:16
    Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
    Jeremiah 31:30
    But everyone shall die for his own sin. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
    Ezekiel 18:4
    Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
    Ezekiel 18:20
    The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
  6. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 25:11
    But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir.
  7. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:13
    And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
    1 Chronicles 18:12
    And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
    Psalms 60:1
    O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 16:1
    Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela, by way of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
  9. Cross References
    Joshua 15:38
    Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel.
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