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.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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Joshua 15:39
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
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Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
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Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
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Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
Read in context1 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.
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Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Read in context2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi-bah.
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