2 Kings 14:5

New International Version

After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.

Cross References

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.

2 Kings 15:19

Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and strengthen his own hold on the kingdom.

2 Kings 21:24

Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.

Numbers 35:33

“ ‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.