2 Chronicles 25:3
New International Version
After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.

New Living Translation
When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father.

English Standard Version
And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father.

Berean Standard Bible
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

King James Bible
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

New King James Version
Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established for him, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

New American Standard Bible
Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.

NASB 1995
Now it came about as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had slain his father the king.

NASB 1977
Now it came about as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had slain his father the king.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened as soon as the kingdom was strong in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father.

Amplified Bible
When his kingdom was firmly established, he killed his servants who had struck down his father the king.

Christian Standard Bible
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed his servants who had killed his father the king.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

American Standard Version
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And it was that when the kingdom grew strong in his hand, he killed his Servants who murdered his father the King.

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

Contemporary English Version
For example, as soon as he had control of Judah, he arrested and killed the officers who had murdered his father.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he saw himself strengthened in his kingdom, he put to death the servants that had slain the king his father.

English Revised Version
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants which had killed the king his father.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As soon as he had firm control over the kingdom, he executed the officials who killed his father, the former king.

Good News Translation
As soon as he was firmly in power, he executed the officials who had murdered his father.

International Standard Version
As soon as he had consolidated his royal authority, he executed the servants who had killed his father, the king,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants who had killed the king his father.

Literal Standard Version
And it comes to pass, when the kingdom has been strong on him, that he slays his servants, those striking his father the king,

Majority Standard Bible
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

New American Bible
When he had the kingdom firmly in hand, he struck down the officials who had struck down the king, his father.

NET Bible
When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

New Revised Standard Version
As soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

New Heart English Bible
Now it happened, when the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

World English Bible
Now when the kingdom was established to him, he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong upon him, that he slayeth his servants, those smiting the king his father,

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Context
Amaziah Reigns in Judah
2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly. 3 As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king. 4Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”…

Cross References
2 Kings 14:5
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

2 Chronicles 25:4
Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: "Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin."


Treasury of Scripture

Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

A.

2 Kings 14:5
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.

2 Chronicles 24:25,26
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings…

Genesis 9:5,6
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man…

Exodus 21:14
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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2 Chronicles 25
1. Amaziah begins to reign well
3. He executes justice on the traitors
5. having hired an army of Israelites against the Edomites,
7. at the word of a prophet dismisses them
11. He overthrows the Edomites
13. The Israelites, discontented with their dismission, spoil as they return home
14. Amaziah, proud of his victory, serves the gods of Edom, and ignores the prophet
17. He provokes Joash to his overthrow
25. His reign
27. He is slain by conspiracy














(3) The kingdom was established to him.--Or, The sovereignty (power) was confirmed to him. Vulg., "cumque roboratum videret sibi imperium."

Verse 3. - Was established to him; Hebrew, חָזְקָה. This is kal conjugation of the verb, which we found in piel in ver. 5 of foregoing chapter, and there rendered "repair." The kal force of the word is simply to "be strong" (Genesis 41:57; Joshua 17:13; 2 Kings 14:5). The hiph., to "make strong," or "confirm," as it is rendered here, is found in 2 Kings 15:19. Again and again the disorders of the kingdom and the violent deaths of prophets and kings must have greatly contributed to nervous apprehensions, in fact only too just, when a new king ascended the throne. In the parallel and in passage last quoted the words, "in his hand," follow the verb. Amaziah both needed to get his own hand in, according to modern phrase, and to get things well into his hand. His servants. It may be held surprising that they should have been found "in the place," or should now be his servants at all. The explanation may be either that their guilt had not yet been known, or, if known, had not been fixed upon them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
As soon as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 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 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign

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

in his grasp,
עָלָ֑יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Amaziah executed
וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ (way·ya·hă·rōḡ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

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

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

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

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


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