2 Chronicles 34:1
Yoshiyahu was 8 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Yerushalayim 31 shanah.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 na'ar Shmuel was growing, and was in favor both with Hashem and also with anashim.
1 Kings 13:2And he cried against the mizbe'ach by the Devar Hashem, and said, 1 O mizbe'ach, mizbe'ach, thus saith Hashem; 1 Hinei, ben nolad (a son shall be born) unto the Bais Dovid, 1 Yoshiyah shmo; 1 and upon thee shall he offer 1 the kohanim of the + 13:2 idolatrous high places that burn ketoret upon thee, 1 and atzmot adam shall be burned upon thee. + 13:2 2Kgs 23:15-16
2 Kings 23:1And HaMelech sent, and they gathered unto him kol Ziknei Yehudah and of Yerushalayim.
2 Chronicles 24:1Yoash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned arba'im shanah in Yerushalayim. Shem immo also was Tzivyah of Be'er-Sheva.
2 Chronicles 33:1Menasheh was 12 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 55 years in Yerushalayim,
Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and a wise yeled than an old and foolish melech, who will no more be admonished.
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 →