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2 Kings 22:1

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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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

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.

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This verse in 2 Kings 22

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign,.... And must be born when his father was but sixteen, for Amon lived but twenty four years, 2Ki 21:19, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem; and so must die at thirty nine years of age: and his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath; a city of the tribe of Judah; see Gill on Jos 15:39.

This site's exposition

Josiah was eight years old

on 2 Kings 22:1-2

Josiah takes the throne as a child, third in line after two of Judah's most idolatrous kings, and the text gives no regent or teacher credit for what follows. He is the king named by the man of God from Judah three centuries earlier at 1 Ki 13:2, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name, and that fulfillment thread stays open until chapter 23 closes it. Verse 2 measures him against David rather than against his own father Amon or grandfather Manasseh, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left is Deuteronomy's own phrase for covenant loyalty kept whole.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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. Josiah, being young, had not received any bad impressions from the example of his father and grandfather, but soon saw their errors, and God gave his grace to take warning by them.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בֶּן־[was] a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • שְׁמֹנֶ֤הeight

    shemonehH8083 →109 times

  • שָׁנָה֙year[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּJosiah

    yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times

  • בְמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he

    vemalekhoH4427 →348 times

  • וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםand thirty

    usheloshimH7970 →172 times

  • וְאַחַת֙and one

    veachatH259 →971 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of

    veshemH8034 →864 times

  • אִמּ֔וֹmother his

    ʾimoH517 →220 times

  • יְדִידָ֥ה[was] Jedidah

    yedidahH3040 →

  • בַת־[the] daughter of

    vat-H1323 →588 times

  • עֲדָ֖יָהAdaiah

    ʾadayahH5718 →

  • מִבָּצְקַֽת׃from Bozkath

    mibatzekatH1218 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 15:39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,6 works2 Chronicles 34:1–33Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.5 worksMatthew 1:10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,2 worksPsalms 8:2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.2 works2 Kings 21:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.2 worksZephaniah 1:1This 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:2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Kings 11:21Joash was seven years old when he became king.2 worksEcclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.2 works1 Kings 13:2And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”2 worksJeremiah 1:2The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,2 worksIsaiah 3:4“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 8:2

    From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 21:16

      “Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

    • 2 Corinthians 12:9–10

      But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…

    • Isaiah 40:31

      But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

    • 1 Corinthians 1:27

      But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

    • Psalms 46:10

      “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

  • Through

    Joshua 15:39

    Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

    it leads to

    • Joshua 10:3

      Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

  • Through

    Matthew 1:10

    Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 32:33

      And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    2 Kings 21:1

    Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 62:4

      No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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