2 Tawarikh 25:3-4

25:3 When he had secured control of the kingdom, ¹  he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. ²  25:4 However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ³  “Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, ⁴  and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. ⁵  A man must be executed only for his own sin.” ⁶ 

[25:3]  ¹ tn Heb “when the kingdom was secure upon him.”

[25:3]  ² tn Heb “he killed his servants, the ones who had struck down the king, his father.”

[25:4]  ³ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

[25:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

[25:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

[25:4]  ⁶ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.