And when he had possession of the kingdom, he put his servants to death that had slain the king his father.
Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained with the blood of the innocent. Neither can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another.
Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.
And Phul king of the Assyrians came into the land: and Manahem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver, to aid him and to establish him in the kingdom.
But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon: and made Josias his son their king in his stead.