2 Kings 14:5
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And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king, his father.

A.

3166 B.C.

838
that he slew

Genesis 9:6 Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Exodus 21:12-14 He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death. . . .

Numbers 35:33 Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained with the blood of the innocent: neither can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another.

his servants

2 Kings 12:20,21 And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas, in the house of Mello, in the descent of Sella. . . .

2 Chronicles 25:3,4 And when he saw himself strengthened in his kingdom, he put to death the servants that had slain the king his father. . . .

Context
Amaziah Reigns in Judah
4But this only, that he took not away the high places; for yet the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places: 5And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king, his father.6But the children of the murderers he did not put to death, according to 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, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sin.…
Cross References
2 Kings 12:20
And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas, in the house of Mello, in the descent of Sella.

2 Kings 15:19
And Phul, king of the Assyrians, came into the land, and Manahem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver to aid him and to establish him in the kingdom.

2 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon: and made Josias, his son, their king in his stead.

2 Chronicles 25:3
And when he saw himself strengthened in his kingdom, he put to death the servants that had slain the king his father.

Lexicon
As soon as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the kingdom
הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה (ham·mam·lā·ḵāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign

was firmly
חָזְקָ֥ה (ḥā·zə·qāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

in his grasp,
בְּיָד֑וֹ (bə·yā·ḏōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

Amaziah executed
וַיַּךְ֙ (way·yaḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

the servants
עֲבָדָ֔יו (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

who had murdered
הַמַּכִּ֖ים (ham·mak·kîm)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

his father
אָבִֽיו׃ (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

the king.
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king


Additional Translations
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father:

And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants that had slain the king his father.

And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had smitten the king his father.

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father:

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.

It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father:

And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong in his hand, that he smiteth his servants, those smiting the king his father,
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