Text: 2 Kings 14:6
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 24:16
Subject: each dies for own sins
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: In 2 Kings 14:6, King Amaziah executes his father's assassins but spares their children, "according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: 'Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.'" This is a direct quotation of Deuteronomy 24:16 (לֹא־יוּמְתוּ אָבוֹת עַל־בָּנִים, lo' yumetu 'avot 'al banim). The narrator's explicit citation — one of the few times a Judean king is described as obeying a specific Torah text — presents Amaziah's restraint as a model of Torah-compliant justice, demonstrating the principle of individual accountability before the law.
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Text: Deuteronomy 24:16
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 14:6
Subject: individual responsibility
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 24:16 establishes the principle of individual culpability: "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin" (אִישׁ בְּחֶטְאוֹ יוּמָתוּ, 'ish becheto yumatu). 2 Kings 14:6 records King Amaziah explicitly following this law after defeating his father's assassins: "he did not put their sons to death, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses." The narrator directly quotes the Deuteronomic text, showing Amaziah's restraint as an act of Torah obedience. This is one of the rare cases where a king is praised for limiting his exercise of royal power by submitting to the written Mosaic code, demonstrating the Torah's authority over even monarchic vengeance.