2 Chronicles 34:1
New International Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

New Living Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

English Standard Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

King James Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

New King James Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

NASB 1995
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

NASB 1977
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Legacy Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Christian Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king and reigned 31 years in Jerusalem.

American Standard Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yoshiah was eight years old when he arose in the kingdom, and he reigned thirtyone years in Jerusalem.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
Josiah was 8 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 31 years from Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem.

English Revised Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Josiah was 8 years old when he began to rule, and he was king for 31 years in Jerusalem.

Good News Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

International Standard Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for 31 years in Jerusalem.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

Literal Standard Version
Josiah [is] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he has reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem,

Majority Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

New American Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

NET Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

New Heart English Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

World English Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
A son of eight years is Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

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Context
Josiah Reigns in Judah
1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. 2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.…

Cross References
2 Kings 22:1
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.

2 Kings 22:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

2 Chronicles 33:25
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

Jeremiah 1:2
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

Jeremiah 3:6
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Jeremiah 25:3
"From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day--twenty-three years--the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

Zephaniah 1:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:


Treasury of Scripture

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

A.

2 Chronicles 33:25
But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

1 Kings 13:2
And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

2 Kings 22:1
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.

Josias

2 Chronicles 24:1
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.

2 Chronicles 26:1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

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2 Chronicles 34
1. Josiah's good reign
3. He destroys idolatry
8. He takes order for the repair of the temple
14. Hilkiah, having found a book of the law,
21. Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord
23. Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time
29. Josiah, causing it to be read in a solemn assembly, renews the covenant with God














(1, 2) Length and character of the reign.

(1) Josiah was eight years old.--So 2Kings 22:1, which adds, "and his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath."

Verse 1. - Again the name of the mother is omitted. From the parallel we learn she was "Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Josiah
יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ (yō·šî·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2977: Josiah -- 'Yah supports', two Israelites

was eight
שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה (šə·mō·w·neh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth

years old
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

when he became king,
בְמָלְכ֑וֹ (ḇə·mā·lə·ḵōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

and he reigned
מָלַ֖ךְ (mā·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

in Jerusalem
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (bî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

thirty-one
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים (ū·šə·lō·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's 7970: Thirty, thirtieth

years.
שָׁנָ֔ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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