2 Kings 22:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.

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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 was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

2 Kings 11:21Joash was seven years old when he became king.

2 Kings 21:24But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

Jeremiah 1:2The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

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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