2 Chronicles 34:1

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

² And 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.

³ In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
KJV: Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
WEB: Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
ASV: Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
DARBY: Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
BLB: Josiah [was] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

ÅB: Josias var åtte år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte en og tretti år i Jerusalem.
OTB: Josjia var åtte år gammel da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i trettien år i Jerusalem.
B1930: Josias var åtte år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte en og tretti år i Jerusalem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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:
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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,
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1 Chronicles 3:14–15
Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
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2 Chronicles 24:1
Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
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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.
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2 Chronicles 26:1
All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
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2 Kings 22:1–20
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.
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1 Kings 3:7–9
And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
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