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2 Kings 22:1

Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for thirty-one years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Y'didah the daughter of ‘Adayah from Botzkat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adaiah;   Bozkath;   Jedidah;   Josiah;   Scribe (S);   Secretary (Recordist);   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adaiah;   Bozkath;   Hezekiah;   Jedida;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adaiah;   Boscath;   Jaazaniah;   Jedidah;   Jeremiah;   Jezreel;   Josiah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Shaphan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adaiah;   Bozkath;   Canon of the Old Testament;   Deuteronomy;   Gedaliah;   Hexateuch;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Jedidah;   Jerusalem;   Josiah;   Nations;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adaiah ;   Bozkath, Boscath ;   Jedidah ;   Josiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Josiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ada'iah;   Bos'cath;   Boz'kath;   Jed'idah;   Josi'ah;   Tyre;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adaiah;   Bozkath;   Jedidah;   Josiah;   Queen Mother;   Relationships, Family;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Adaiah;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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; she was from Bozkath.
Hebrew Names Version
Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Yedidah the daughter of `Adayah of Botzkat.
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.
English Standard Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
New Century Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he ruled thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah, who was from Bozkath.
New English Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.
Amplified Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
New American Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iosiah was eight yeere olde when he beganne to reigne, and hee reigned one and thirtie yeere in Ierusalem. His mothers name also was Iedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozcath.
Legacy 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.
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 the daughter of Adaiah; she was from 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 Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to rule. He ruled 31 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
George Lamsa Translation
JOSIAH was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And his mothers name was Jedidah, the daughter of Azariah of Boscath.
Good News Translation
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.
Lexham English Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath.
Literal Translation
Josiah was a son of eight years when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty one years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iosias was eight yeare olde wha he was made kynge, & reigned one and thirtie yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was Iedida the doughter of Adaia of Bascath,
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.
Bible in Basic English
Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iosia was eight yeres olde when he began to raigne, & he raigned thirtie & one yeres in Hierusalem: His mothers name also was Iedida the daughter of Adaia of Bozcath.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
Iosiah was eight yeeres old when hee beganne to reigne, and hee reigned thirtie and one yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jedia, daughter of Edeia of Basuroth.
English Revised 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Josias was of eiyte yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde oon and thritti yeer in Jerusalem; the name of his modir was Ydida, the douytir of Phadaia of Besechath.
Update Bible 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 King James Version
2 Chronicles 34:1,2">[xr] 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.
New Living Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath.
New Life Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
New Revised Standard
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Eight years old, was Josiah when he began to reign, and, thirty-one years, reigned he in Jerusalem, - and, this mother's name, was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah, of Bozkath.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Josias was eight years old when he began to reign: he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Idida, the daughter of Hadaia, of Besecath.
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,
THE MESSAGE
Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. He lived the way God wanted. He kept straight on the path blazed by his ancestor David, not one step to either left or right.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.

Contextual Overview

1 Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for thirty-one years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Y'didah the daughter of ‘Adayah from Botzkat. 2 He did what was right from Adonai 's perspective, living entirely in the manner of David his ancestor and turning away neither to the right nor to the left. 3 In the eighteenth year of King Yoshiyahu, the king sent Shafan the son of Atzalyahu, the son of Meshulam, the secretary, to the house of Adonai after instructing him, 4 "Go up to Hilkiyahu the cohen hagadol, and have him total the money that has been brought into the house of Adonai , which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. 5 Then have them give it to the supervisors of the work being done in the house of Adonai ; they in turn are to use it to pay the laborers in the house of Adonai to repair damaged places in the building — 6 the carpenters, construction-workers and stonemasons — and to purchase timber and worked stone for doing the repairs on the building." 7 However, they did not require an accounting from the supervisors given the money to spend, because they dealt honestly. 8 Hilkiyahu the cohen hagadol said to Shafan the secretary, "I have found the scroll of the Torah in the house of Adonai ." Hilkiyah gave the scroll to Shafan, who read it. 9 Then Shafan the secretary went back to the king and gave the king this report: "Your servants have poured out the money found in the house and handed it over to the people supervising the work in the house of Adonai ." 10 Shafan the secretary also told the king, "Hilkiyah the cohen hagadol gave me a scroll." Then Shafan read it aloud before the king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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Josiah: This prince was one of the best, if not the best, of all the Jewish kings since the time of David. He began well, continued well, and ended well. 1 Kings 13:2, 2 Chronicles 34:1, 2 Chronicles 34:2-33, Jeremiah 1:2, Zephaniah 1:1, Matthew 1:10, Josias

eight years old: 2 Kings 11:21, 2 Kings 21:1, Psalms 8:2, Ecclesiastes 10:16, Isaiah 3:4

Boscath: This was a city in the plain country of the tribe of Judah; and is mentioned in the parallel passage along with Lachish and Eglon. Joshua 15:39, Bozkath

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah

Cross-References

Genesis 22:7
Yitz'chak spoke to Avraham his father: "My father?" He answered, "Here I am, my son." He said, "I see the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
Genesis 22:11
But the angel of Adonai called to him out of heaven: "Avraham? Avraham!" He answered, "Here I am."
Genesis 22:12
He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy! Don't do anything to him! For now I know that you are a man who fears God, because you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
Genesis 22:14
Avraham called the place Adonai Yir'eh [ Adonai will see (to it), Adonai provides] — as it is said to this day, "On the mountain Adonai is seen."
Exodus 3:4
When Adonai saw that he had gone over to see, God called to him from the middle of the bush, "Moshe! Moshe!" He answered, "Here I am."
Exodus 16:4
Adonai said to Moshe, "Here, I will cause bread to rain down from heaven for you. The people are to go out and gather a day's ration every day. By this I will test whether they will observe my Torah or not.
Deuteronomy 8:2
You are to remember everything of the way in which Adonai led you these forty years in the desert, humbling and testing you in order to know what was in your heart — whether you would obey his mitzvot or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
who fed you in the desert with man, unknown to your ancestors; all the while humbling and testing you in order to do you good in the end —
Deuteronomy 13:3
and the sign or wonder comes about as he predicted when he said, ‘Let's follow other gods, which you have not known; and let us serve them,'
Judges 2:22
This is how I will test Isra'el, to see whether or not they will keep the way of Adonai , living according to it, as their ancestors did."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, 2 Kings 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, 2 Kings 21:19- :.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXII

Josiah succeeds Amon his father, and reigns thirty-one years,

1, 2.

He repairs the breaches of the temple, 3-7.

Hilkiah finds the book of the law tn the temple, 8.

It is read by Shaphan the scribe, before the king and his

servants, 9, 10.

The king, greatly affected, sends to inquire of Huldah the

prophetess, 11-13.

She delivers an afflictive prophecy concerning the evils that

were coming upon the land, 14-17.

But promises Josiah that these evils shall not come in his

time, 18-20.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXII

Verse 2 Kings 22:1. Josiah was eight years old — He was one of the best, if not the best, of all the Jewish kings since the time of David. He began well, continued well, and ended well.


 
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