2 Chronicles 34:1
Iosiah was eight yeere olde when hee began to reigne, and he reigned in Ierusalem one and thirtie yeere.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 2:26(Nowe the childe Samuel profited and grewe, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men)
1 Kings 13:2And he cryed against the altar by the comandement of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Beholde, a child shalbe borne vnto the house of Dauid, Iosiah by name, and vpon thee shall he sacrifice the Priestes of the hie places that burne incense vpon thee, and they shall burne mens bones vpon thee.
2 Kings 23:1Then the King sent, and there gathered vnto him all the Elders of Iudah and of Ierusalem.
2 Chronicles 24:1Ioash was seuen yere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned fourty yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelue yeere olde, when he beganne to reigne, and he reigned fiue and fiftie yeere in Ierusalem:
Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which 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 →