5And 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.
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Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. …
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. …
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. …
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Amaziah, the son and successor of Joash, is the king whom here we have an account of. Let us take a view of him, I. In the temple; and there he acted, in some measure, well, like Joash, but not like David, 2 Kgs. 14:3. He began well, but did not persevere: He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , kept up his attendance on God’s altars and his attention to God’s word, yet not like Dav…
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