2 Chronicles 34:1
Josiah [is] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he has reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:26And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and [is] good with both YHWH, and also with men.
1 Kings 13:2and he calls against the altar, by the word of YHWH, and says, “Altar! Altar! Thus said YHWH: Behold, a son is born to the house of David—Josiah [is] his name—and he has sacrificed on you the priests of the high places who are making incense on you, and bones of man are burned on you.”
2 Kings 23:1And the king sends, and they gather all [the] elderly of Judah and Jerusalem to him,
2 Chronicles 24:1Joash [is] a son of seven years in his reigning, and he has reigned forty years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh is a son of twelve years in his reigning, and he has reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem;
Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who has not known to be warned anymore.
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 →