And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zkharyah son of Ben-Berekhyah, whom ye slew between the temple and the Altar.
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
And Reuven answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
Thus Yoash the king remembered not the kindness which Yhoyada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, YY look upon it, and require it.
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Yoshiyah-yahu his son king in his stead.