2 Chronicles 34:1
Josiah was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
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In The King James Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 2:26But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men.
1 Kings 13:2And by the word of the Lord, he cried out against the altar. And he said: “O altar, O altar! Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son will be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. And upon you, he will immolate the priests of the high places, who now burn incense upon you. And upon you, he will burn up the bones of men.’”
2 Kings 23:1And they reported to the king what she had said. And he sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.
2 Chronicles 24:1Joash was seven years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba.
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a boy, poor and wise, than a king, old and foolish, who does not know to look ahead for the sake of posterity.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 34:1
Before we see Judah and Jerusalem ruined we shall yet see some glorious years, while good Josiah sits at the helm. By his pious endeavours for reformation God tried them yet once more; if they had known in this their day, the day of their visitation, the things that belonged to their peace and improved them, their ruin might have been prevented. But after this reign they were hidden from their eyes, and the next reigns brought an utter desolation upon them. In this chapter we have, I. A general account of Josiah's… Read the whole commentary →