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Josiahw was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

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2 Kings 22:1• ¹Josiah 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. (2 Kings 22:1)

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1-2: Josiah's good reign.

3-7: He destroys idolatry.

8-13: He takes order for the repair of the temple.

14-22: Hilkiah, having found a book of the law, Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord.

23-28: Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time.

29-33: Josiah, causing it to be read in a solemn assembly, renews the covenant with God.

A.M. 3363-3394.

B.C. 641-610.

Josiah.

2 Chron. 33:25• ²⁵But the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. (2 Chron. 33:25)

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1 Kings 13:2• ²And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar! thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burned upon thee. (1 Kings 13:2)

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2 Kings 22:1‑20• ¹Josiah 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.
²And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.
³And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,
⁴Go up to Hilkijah the high priest, that he may sum up the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the doorkeepers have gathered of the people,
⁵and let them give it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to those that do the work in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house,
⁶to the carpenters and the builders and the masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
⁷But no reckoning was made with them of the money that was given into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
⁸And Hilkijah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkijah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
⁹And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again and said, Thy servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah.
¹⁰And Shaphan the scribe informed the king saying, Hilkijah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
¹¹And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his garments.
¹²And the king commanded Hilkijah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,
¹³Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book which is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written there for us.
¹⁴And Hilkijah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe: now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter of the town; and they spoke with her.
¹⁵And she said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me,
¹⁶Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read.
¹⁷Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
¹⁸But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:
¹⁹Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.
²⁰Therefore, behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. (2 Kings 22:1‑20)

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1 Chron. 3:14‑15• ¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son.
¹⁵And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. (1 Chron. 3:14‑15)

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Jer. 1:2• ²to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign; (Jer. 1:2)

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Zeph. 1:1• ¹The word of Jehovah that came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. (Zeph. 1:1)

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Matt. 1:10‑11• ¹⁰and Ezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias,
¹¹and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon. (Matt. 1:10‑11)

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2 Chron. 24:1• ¹Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. (2 Chron. 24:1)

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2 Chron. 26:1• ¹And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. (2 Chron. 26:1)

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2 Chron. 33:1• ¹Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 33:1)

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1 Sam. 2:18,26• ¹⁸And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.
²⁶And the boy Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with Jehovah and also with men. (1 Sam. 2:18,26)

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1 Kings 3:7‑9• ⁷And now, Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not to go out and to come in.
⁸And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
⁹Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people? (1 Kings 3:7‑9)

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Eccl. 4:13• ¹³Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished. (Eccl. 4:13)

• By grace this lamp of David shines with an outstanding burst of light before disappearing, making us anticipate future blessings. (“Josiah - The Word of God Recovered: 2 Chronicles 34” by H.L. Rossier)

• Jeremiah, who began to prophesy in the days of Josiah, says, precisely in reference to this reign: "Treacherous... Judah hath not returned unto Me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah" (Jer. 3:10). This quotation, among many others, suffices to reveal Judah's moral state, even in the best days of the kingdom. (“Josiah - The Word of God Recovered: 2 Chronicles 34” by H.L. Rossier)

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Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.