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2 Kings 22:1

AdaiahJedidahJosiahBozkathJerusalem
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 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.

3 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
ASV
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 Bozkath.
DARBY
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozcath.
BLB
Josiah [was] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother [was] Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
ÅB
Josias var åtte år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte en og tretti år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Jedida; hun var datter av Adaja og var fra Boskat.
OTB
Josjia var åtte år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i trettien år i Jerusalem. Hans mors navn var Jedida, datter av Adaja fra Boskat.
B1930
Josias var åtte år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte en og tretti år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Jedida; hun var datter av Adaja og var fra Boskat.

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