2 Chronicles 25:1-4 ▼

1 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jehoaddan, from Jerusalem.

2 And he accomplished good in the sight of the Lord. Yet truly, not with a perfect heart.

3 And when he saw himself to be strengthened in his rule, he cut the throats of the servants who had killed his father, the king.

4 But he did not put to death their sons, just as it was written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord instructed, saying: “The fathers shall not be slain because of the sons, nor the sons because of their fathers. Instead, each one shall die for his own sin.”