2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 25:1–4

¹Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. ²And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

³As 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.”^a

Footnotes

a 25:4 Deuteronomy 24:16|DEU 24:16

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2 Chronicles 25:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Amaziah	אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ	’ă·maṣ·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H558 Amatsjah
was twenty-five	עֶשְׂרִ֨ים	‘eś·rîm	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
years old	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
he became king	מָלַ֣ךְ	mā·laḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
and he reigned	מָלַ֖ךְ	mā·laḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
in Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
twenty-nine	וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים	wə·‘eś·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
years	שָׁנָ֔ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
His mother’s	אִמּ֔וֹ	’im·mōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H517 mother
name	וְשֵׁ֣ם	wə·šêm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
was Jehoaddan	יְהוֹעַדָּ֖ן	yə·hō·w·‘ad·dān	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3086 Jehoaddin, Jehoaddan
she was from Jerusalem	מִירוּשָׁלָֽיִם׃	mî·rū·šā·lā·yim	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 25:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And he did	וַיַּ֥עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
right	הַיָּשָׁ֖ר	hay·yā·šār	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H3477 straight, right
in the eyes	בְּעֵינֵ֣י	bə·‘ê·nê	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc	H5869 eye
of the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
but	רַ֕ק	raq	Adverb	H7535 thin
not	לֹ֖א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
wholeheartedly	בְּלֵבָ֥ב	bə·lê·ḇāḇ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart

2 Chronicles 25:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As soon as	כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the kingdom	הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה	ham·mam·lā·ḵāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4467 kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign
was firmly	חָזְקָ֥ה	ḥā·zə·qāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
in his grasp	עָלָ֑יו	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
Amaziah executed	וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙	way·ya·hă·rōḡ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2026 kill, slay
the servants	עֲבָדָ֔יו	‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
who had murdered	הַמַּכִּ֖ים	ham·mak·kîm	Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural	H5221 smite
his father	אָבִֽיו׃	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
the king	הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king

2 Chronicles 25:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
he did not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
put their sons	בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם	bə·nê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1121 son
to death	הֵמִ֑ית	hê·mîṯ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die
but	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
according to what is written	כַכָּת֣וּב	ḵak·kā·ṯūḇ	Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H3789 write
in the Law	בַּתּוֹרָ֡ה	bat·tō·w·rāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
in the Book	בְּסֵ֣פֶר	bə·sê·p̄er	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5612 missive, document, writing, book
of Moses	מֹשֶׁה֩	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
where	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָ֜ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
commanded	צִוָּ֨ה	ṣiw·wāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
Fathers	אָב֤וֹת	’ā·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H1 father
must not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be put to death	יָמ֨וּתוּ	yā·mū·ṯū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4191 die
for	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
their children	בָּנִים֙	bā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1121 son
and children	וּבָנִים֙	ū·ḇā·nîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H1121 son
must not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be put to death	יָמ֣וּתוּ	yā·mū·ṯū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4191 die
for	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
their fathers	אָב֔וֹת	’ā·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H1 father
each	אִ֥ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
is to die	יָמֽוּתוּ׃פ	yā·mū·ṯū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4191 die
for his own sin	בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ	bə·ḥeṭ·’ōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2399 sin