Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 25:3
Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
3. to him ] R.V. unto him; LXX., ; in Kings, “in his hand.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 2Ch 25:1]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(3) The kingdom was established to him.Or, The sovereignty (power) was confirmed to him. Vulg., cumque roboratum videret sibi imperium.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
There was justice as well as suitable respect to the divine command in this preservation of the children of his father’s murderers. The Lord had said this, Deu 24:16 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 2Ch 25:4 But he slew not their children, but [did] as [it is] written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
Ver. 3,4. See Trapp on “ 2Ki 14:5 “ See Trapp on “ 2Ki 14:6 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
established = confirmed.
killed the king (2Ch 24:25, 2Ch 24:26).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
am 3166, bc 838
Now it came: 2Ki 14:5-22
established to him: Heb. confirmed upon him
he slew: 2Ch 24:25, 2Ch 24:26, Gen 9:5, Gen 9:6, Exo 21:14, Num 35:31-33, No doubt those wicked men, Jozachar and Jehozabad, who murdered his father, had considerable influence; and therefore he found it dangerous to bring them to justice, till he was assured of the loyalty of his other officers: when this was clear, he called them to an account, and justly put them to death for treason and murder; for, if even these conspirators against Joash intended to avenge upon him the death of Zechariah, they acted without a commission from that God “to whom vengeance belongeth.
Reciprocal: 2Ki 14:3 – he did