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 Kings 22:1 in other translations
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | A son of eight years is Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Boskath, |
| 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. |
| BBE | Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Kings 22:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 22:1-2
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
Josiah succeeds Amon his father, and reigns thirty-one years, 2Kgs 22:1, 2Kgs 22:2. He repairs the breaches of the temple, 2Kgs 22:3-7. Hilkiah finds the book of the law in the temple, 2Kgs 22:8. It is read by Shaphan the scribe, before the king and his servants, 2Kgs 22:9, 2Kgs 22:10. The king, greatly affected, sends to inquire of Huldah the prophetess, 2Kgs 22:11-13. She delivers an afflictive prophecy concerning the evils that were coming upon the land, 2Kgs 22:14-17. But promises Josiah that these evils shall not come in his time, 2Kgs 22:18-20. Verse 1 Josiah was eight years old - He 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.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 22:1-10
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2 Kings 22:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 22:1
- Joshua 15:39
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
- 2 Chronicles 34:1-33
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. …
- Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
- Matthew 1:10
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
- 2 Kings 11:21
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
- 1 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.
- Psalms 8:2
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.
- 2 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.
- Zephaniah 1:1
The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
- Isaiah 3:4
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
- Jeremiah 1:2
To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3 He takes care for the repair of the temple.
8 Hilkiah having found a book of the law, Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord.
15 Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time.
A.M. 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.
1Ki 13:2; 2Ch 34:1,2-33; Jer 1:2; Zep 1:1; Mt 1:10
Josias.
eight years old.
11:21; 21:1; Ps 8:2; Ec 10:16; Isa 3:4
Boscath.This was a city in the plain country of the tribe of Judah; and is mentioned in the parallel passage along with Lachish and Eglon.
Jos 15:39
Bozkath.
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Context
- 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 Kings 22:2
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.
2 Kings 22:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | CUANDO Josías comenzó á reinar era de ocho años, y reinó en Jerusalem treinta y un años. El nombre de su madre fué Idida hija de Adaía de Boscath. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | *Josias était âgé de huit ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna 31 ans à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Jedida, fille d’Adaïa, de Botskath. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Acht Jahre war Josia alt, als er König wurde, und er regierte 31 Jahre zu Jerusalem; und der Name seiner Mutter war Jedida, die Tochter Adajas, von Bozkath. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Octo annorum erat Josias cum regnare cœpisset: triginta et uno anno regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Idida filia Hadaia de Besecath. |