2 Kings 22:1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
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Joshua 15:39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
2 Kings 11:21Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
2 Kings 21:24And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Jeremiah 1:2To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 22:1
This chapter begins the story of the reign of good king Josiah, whose goodness shines the brighter because it came just after so much wickedness, which he had the honour to reform, and just before so great a destruction, which yet he had not the honour to prevent. Here, after his general character ( ver. 1, 2 ), we have a particular account of the respect he paid I. To God's house, which he repaired, ver. 3-7 II. To God's book, which he was much affected with the reading of, ver. 8-11 III. To God's messengers,… Read the whole commentary →