2 Kings 22:1

A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Boskath,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

2and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in all the way of David his father, and hath not turned aside — right or left.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

2 Kings 11:21a son of seven years is Jehoash in his reigning.

2 Kings 21:24and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.

2 Chronicles 34:1A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

Jeremiah 1:2unto whom the word of Jehovah hath been in the days of Josiah 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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