2 Raja-raja 14:5-6

14:5 When he had secured control of the kingdom, ¹  he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. ²  14:6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ³  “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, ⁴  and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. ⁵  A man must be put to death only for his own sin.” ⁶ 

[14:5]  ¹ tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure in his hand.”

[14:5]  ² tn Heb “he struck down his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”

[14:6]  ³ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

[14:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

[14:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

[14:6]  ⁶ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.