2 Kings 22:1

Eight years old was Josiah when he became king, and thirty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Yedidah, the daughter of 'Adayah of Bozkath.

Leeser Tanakh

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 what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right or to the left.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:39Lachish, and Bozkath, and 'Eglon,

2 Kings 11:21(12:1) Seven years old was Jehoash when he became king.

2 Kings 21:24And the people of the land slew all those that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

2 Chronicles 34:1Eight years old was Josiah when he became king, and thirty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is lowminded, and when 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 the 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 →

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