But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein 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 be put to death for his own sin.
But the children of the murderers he slew not. This moderation, inspired by the Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 24:16), displays the good character of this prince, for the course thus pursued toward the families of the regicides was directly contrary to the prevailing customs of antiquity according to which all connected with the criminals were doomed to unsparing destruction.