2 Kings 22:1 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah Reigns in Judah

1 Josiah ^awas eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of ^bBozkath.

2 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of his father David; he ^adid not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law

3 ^aNow it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the scribe, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the Lord, saying:

4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been ^abrought into the house of the Lord, which ^bthe doorkeepers have gathered from the people.

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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.

Amplified® Bible
JOSIAH WAS eight years old when he began his thirty-one-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

Contemporary English Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled thirty-one years from Jerusalem. His mother Jedidah was the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah from the town of Bozkath.

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.

New American Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name {was} Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Josiah reached eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother had the name of Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

Revised Standard Version
Josi'ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedi'dah the daughter of Adai'ah of Bozkath.

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,

New English Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.¹ His mother² was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

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