2 Kings 14:5

Modern English Version

As soon as he seized the kingdom, he killed his servants who had killed his father, the king.

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 strengthen his control of the kingdom.

2 Kings 21:24

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

Numbers 35:33

So you will not defile the land which you are in, because blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him that shed it.