2 Chronicles 34:1
A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
Young's Literal Translation
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 youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and [is] good both with Jehovah, and also with men.
1 Kings 13:2and he calleth against the altar, by the word of Jehovah, and saith, 'Altar! altar! thus said Jehovah, Lo, a son is born to the house of David — Josiah his name — and he hath sacrificed on thee the priests of the high places who are making perfume on thee, and bones of man are burnt on thee.'
2 Kings 23:1And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 Chronicles 24:1A son of seven years [is] Joash in his reigning, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.
2 Chronicles 33:1A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
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 →