2 Chronicles 34:1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
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Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 2:26The child Samuel grew up, and increased in favor with Yahweh and also with men.
1 Kings 13:2He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh: “Altar, altar! This is what Yahweh says, 'See, a son named Josiah will be born to the family of David, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who now burn incense on you. On you they will burn human bones.'”
2 Kings 23:1So the king sent messengers who gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 24:1Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 4:13It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to listen to warnings.
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 →