2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah Reigns in Judah · 2 Chronicles 34:1–2
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Translations

Modern
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
Traditional
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
Literal
Josiah was a son of eight years in his reigning, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Latin
Octo annorum erat Josias cum regnare cœpisset, et triginta et uno anno regnavit in Jerusalem.

Original

Hebrew
English
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

Notes

Josiah ruled for thirty-one years, from 640 to 609 BC.

Theme notes and profiles

Josiah

Parallels

2 Kings 22:1–2

People

Josiah: King of Judah known for his religious reforms

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Josiah Kohath, Kohathites Merari, Merarite

Topics

Children: Josiah Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Submitted to the Scepter of Josiah Influence: Good: Josiah Josiah: King of Judah: Piety of Exemplified in his Repairing of the Temple Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Josiah Prophecies Concerning Israel: Josiah Succeeds Amon Revivals: Josiah Rulers: Righteous: Josiah, in Repairing the Temple and in Other Good Works Tribe of Simeon: Idolatry of Word of God: Conviction of Sin from Reading