en_tn/2ki/14/06.md

# General Information:

The narrator tells about what king Amaziah did after his father King Joash was murdered.

# Yet he did not put to death the sons of the murderers

King Amaziah did not order his servants to kill the children of the men who killed his father. If he was going to have them executed though, he would have commanded his servants do it, he would not have done it himself. Alternate translation: "But he did not tell his servants to execute those officials' children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])

# the sons of the murderers, according to what was written in the book of the law of Moses

"the sons of the murderers. He obeyed what was written in the book of the law of Moses"

# Fathers must not be put to death because of their children, neither must the children be put to death because of their fathers

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "People must not kill the fathers for the sins of their children, and they must not kill the children for the sins of their parents" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])