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.
Ezekiel 18:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “But if this man begets a son who sees all the sins which his father has done, and fears, and does not do likewise, Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if this wicked man begets a son who sees all the sins which his father has committed, and considers and fears [God] and does not do like his father, American Standard Version (1901) Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like; Common English Bible But suppose he has a child who sees all the sins that his father committed. He becomes alarmed and doesn’t do them. Catholic Public Domain Version But if he raises a son, who, seeing all his father's sins that he has done, is afraid and so does not act in a way similar to him, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if he beget a son who, seeing all his father's sins, which he hath done, is afraid and shall not do the like to them: |
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.
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
“Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book.”
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.
No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted flesh and have eaten; and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
But we will do everything that we have vowed, burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no evil.
I have given heed and listened, but they have not spoken aright; no man repents of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Every one turns to his own course, like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
who does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife,
Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
“And I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
But they do not consider that I remember all their evil works. Now their deeds encompass them, they are before my face.
Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider:
You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,