2 Kings 14:5 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

0 Thou hast beaten and prevailed over Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: be content with the glory, and sit at home: why provokest thou evil, that thou shouldst fall, and Juda with thee?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

As soon as the kingdom was established in Amaziah's hand, he slew his servants who had slain the king his father. [II Kings 12:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father:

Common English Bible

Once he had secured control over his kingdom, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father the king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when he had obtained the kingdom, he struck down those of his servants who had killed his father, the king.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king his father.

2 Kings 14:5 Cross References

Genesis 9:6

Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

2 Kings 15:19

4 And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.

2 Kings 21:24

And in the eighteenth year of b king Josias, the king sent Saphan the son of Assia, the son of Messulam, the scribe of the temple of the Lord, saying to him:

Numbers 35:33

And so it shall come to pass, that when the jubilee, that is, the fiftieth year of remission, is come, the distribution made by the lots shall be confounded, and the possession of the one shall pass to the others.