Josi´ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedi´dah, the daughter of Adai´ah of Boscath.
Ezekiel 18:14 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition 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, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
Josi´ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedi´dah, the daughter of Adai´ah of Boscath.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
but have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Ba´alim, which their fathers taught them:
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor's wife,
Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider it.
forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;