2 Kings 22:1

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

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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

2He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

2 Kings 11:21Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

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

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

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

Jeremiah 1:2The LORD’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, 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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