KJV King James Version
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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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
ASV American Standard Version
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 Young’s Literal Translation
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,
Surrounding 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 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,
4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
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בֶּן־H1121 · benson: childשְׁמֹנֶ֤הH8083 · she.mo.neheightשָׁנָה֙H8141 · sha.nehyearיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּH2977 · yo.shiy.yahJosiahבְמָלְכ֔וֹH4427 · ma.lakhto reignוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyוְאַחַת֙H259 · e.chadoneשָׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearמָלַ֖ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוְשֵׁ֣םH8034 · shemnameאִמּ֔וֹH517 · emmotherיְדִידָ֥הH3040 · ye.di.dahJedidahבַת־H1323 · batdaughterעֲדָ֖יָהH5718 · a.da.yahAdaiahמִבָּצְקַֽת׃H1218 · bots.qatBozkath
Cross-references
Joshua 15:39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,2 Chronicles 34:1-33Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.Zephaniah 1:1The 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.Jeremiah 1:2To 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.Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!1 Kings 13:2And 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.Isaiah 3:4And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.Matthew 1:10And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;2 Kings 21:1Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Hephzibah.Psalm 8:2Out 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 11:21Seven years old [was] Jehoash when he began to reign.
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