2 Kings 14:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ And as soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand he killed his servants who had slain the king his father.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ 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)

⁵ 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

⁵ Once he had secured control over his kingdom, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father the king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ 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

⁵ 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

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.

2 Kings 15:19

Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold of the royal power.

2 Kings 21:24

But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

Numbers 35:33

You shall not thus pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him who shed it.