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2 Kings 22:1 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 22 · verse 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 Kings 22:1 · King James Version
2 Kings 22:1 in context
1Josiah 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.
2And 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.
3And 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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Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- JedidahYᵉdîydâhJedidah, an IsraelitessH3040 →
- JosiahYôʼshîyâhJoshijah, the name of two IsraelitesH2977 →
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
- eightshᵉmôneha cardinal number, eightH8083 →
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Concerning Josiah we are here told, I. That he was very young when he began to reign (Kg2 22:1), only eight years old. Solomon says, Woe unto thee, O land! when thy king is a child; but happy art thou, O land! when thy king is such a child. Our English Israel had once a king that was such a child, Edward VI.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10