2 Tawarikh 25:4

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

2 Tawarikh 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger ⁵  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib ⁶  returned home humiliated. ⁷  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons ⁸  struck him down with the sword.

[25:4]  ¹ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

[25:4]  ² tn Heb “on account of sons.”

[25:4]  ³ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

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

[32:21]  ⁵ tn Or “an angel.”

[32:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

[32:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”