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but the children of the murderers he didn’t put to death, according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.”
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Verse 6. Sin. This is the rule of human tribunals, to which God is not restrained. Salien. Ezekiel 18:20. Menochius.—The action of Amasias is commended as something unusual ( Calmet.) among princes, who are but too apt to exceed the bounds of moderation ( Bible.) to revenge their murdered parents. Calmet.
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