2 Kings 22:1
Good News Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah from the town of Bozkath.

New Revised Standard Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

Contemporary English Version
Josiah was 8 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 31 years from Jerusalem. His mother Jedidah was the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath.

New American Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Josias was eight years old when he began to reign: he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Idida, the daughter of Hadaia, of Besecath.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Josias was eight years old when he began to reign: he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Idida, the daughter of Hadaia, of Besecath.

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3363-3394. B.C.

641-610. Josiah. This prince was one of the best, if not the best, of all the Jewish kings since the time of David. He began well, continued well, and ended well.

1 Kings 13:2 And he cried out against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said: O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord: Behold a child shall be born to the house of David, Josias by name, and he shall immolate upon thee the priests of the high places, who now burn incense upon thee, and he shall burn men's bones upon thee.

2 Chronicles 34:1,2-33 Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem. . . .

Jeremiah 1:2 The word of the Lord which came to him in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Zephaniah 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Chusi, the son of Godolias, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezechias, in the days of Josias, the son of Amon king of Juda.

Matthew 1:10 And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Amon. And Amon begot Josias.

Josias.

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

2 Kings 21:1 Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Haphsiba.

Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.

Ecclesiastes 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning.

Isaiah 3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.

Boscath.

Joshua 15:39 Lachis and Bascath and Eglon,

Bozkath.

Context
Josiah Reigns in Judah
1Josias was eight years old when he began to reign: he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Idida, the daughter of Hadaia, of Besecath.2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of David, his father: he turned not aside to the right hand, or to the left.…
Cross References
Joshua 15:39
Lachis and Bascath and Eglon,

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

Zephaniah 1:1
The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Chusi, the son of Godolias, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezechias, in the days of Josias, the son of Amon king of Juda.

2 Kings 21:26
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