2 Kings 22:1

Josias was eight years old when he began to + 22:1 Gr. a son of eight years in his reigning.reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jedia, daughter of Edeia of Basuroth.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father; he turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:39and Basedoth, and Ideadalea;

2 Kings 21:24And the people of the land + 21:24 Gr. smote.slew all that had conspired against king Amos; and the people of the land made Josias his son king in his room.

2 Chronicles 34:1Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Jeremiah 1:2accordingly as the word of God came to him in the days of Josias son of Amos king of Juda, 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 →

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