2 Kings 22:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Yeḏiḏah the daughter of Aḏayah of Botsqath.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ JOSIAH WAS eight years old when he began his thirty-one-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ 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.

Common English Bible

¹ Josiah was 8 years old when he became king, and he ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah; she was Adaiah’s daughter and was from Bozkath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Josiah was eight years old when he had begun to reign. He reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

2 Kings 22:1 Cross References

Joshua 15:39

Laḵish, and Botsqath, and Eḡlon,

Matthew 1:10

And Ḥizqiyahu brought forth Menashsheh, and Menashsheh brought forth Amon, and Amon brought forth Yoshiyahu.

Zephaniah 1:1

The word of יהוה which came to Tsephanyah son of Kushi, son of Geḏalyah, son of Amaryah, son of Ḥizqiyah, in the days of Yoshiyahu son of Amon, sovereign of Yehuḏah.

Jeremiah 1:2

to whom the word of יהוה came in the days of Yoshiyahu son of Amon, sovereign of Yehuḏah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Isaiah 3:4

“And I shall make youths their heads, and children shall rule over them.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, when your sovereign is a youth, and your rulers feast in the morning!

Psalm 8:2

Out of the mouth of babes and infants You have founded strength, Because of Your adversaries, To put an end to enemy and avenger.

2 Kings 21:1

Menashsheh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Ḥephtsiḇah.

2 Kings 11:21

Yeho’ash was seven years old when he began to reign.

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried out against the slaughter-place by the word of יהוה, and said, “O slaughter-place, slaughter-place! Thus said יהוה, ‘See, a son is to be born to the house of Dawiḏ, Yoshiyahu is his name. And on you he shall slaughter the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones be burned on you.’ ”

2 Kings 21:24

But the people of the land struck all those who had conspired against Sovereign Amon, and the people of the land set up his son Yoshiyahu to reign in his place.

2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his burial-place in the garden of Uzza. And his son Yoshiyahu reigned in his place.

Ezekiel 18:14

“But see, if he has brought forth a son who sees all the sins which his father has done, but he fears and does not do likewise,