But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king to succeed him.
As soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand, he killed his servants who had murdered his father the king.
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king to succeed his father Amaziah.
His servants conspired against him and killed him in his house.
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king to succeed his father in Jerusalem.
Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer who is subject to the death penalty; a murderer must be put to death.
You shall not 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 the one who shed it.