2 Kings 14:2-6

Good News Translation

² at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem. ³ He did what was pleasing to the Lord, but he was not like his ancestor King David; instead, he did what his father Joash had done. ⁴ He did not tear down the pagan places of worship, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

⁵ As soon as Amaziah was firmly in power, he executed the officials who had killed his father, the king. ^6 (A)However, he did not kill their children but followed what the Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses: “Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for a crime they themselves have committed.”