2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah Reigns in Judah

1 Josiah ^awas eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

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

3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still ^ayoung, he began to ^bseek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began ^cto purge Judah and Jerusalem ^dof the high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images.

4 ^aThey broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them ^band scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 34:1

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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.

Amplified® Bible
JOSIAH WAS eight years old when he began his thirty-one-year reign in Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled thirty-one years from Jerusalem.

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

Good News Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

King James Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

New American Standard Bible
Josiah {was} eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

New International Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

New King James Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Josiah reached eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Revised Standard Version
Josi'ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
A son of eight years `is' Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

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