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2 Chronicles 24 25-2 Chronicles 24 26
When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath( an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith( a Moabite woman).
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2 Kings 14 5-2 Kings 14 22
When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the LORD’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,“ Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin.”He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said,“ Come, let’s meet face to face.”King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah,“ A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon,‘ Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.You thoroughly defeated Edom and it has gone to your head! Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”But Amaziah would not heed the warning, so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face in Beth Shemesh of Judah.Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate– a distance of about six hundred feet.He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord’ s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.(The rest of the events of Jehoash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.)King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.The rest of the events of Amaziah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.His body was carried back by horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.
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Genesis 9:5-6
For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.“ Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”
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Exodus 21:14
But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
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Numbers 35:31-33
Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.“ You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
