and they brought: Deu 19:18-20; Est 7:10, Est 9:25; Pro 11:8
them: This savage act accorded with the customs of those times; contrary to the Divine law which enacted that "the fathers should not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers."
their children: Deu 24:16; Jos 7:24-25; 2Ki 14:6; Est 9:10