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His mother&#8217s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. <a href="/nlt/2_kings/22.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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. <a href="/esv/2_kings/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/22.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/22.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother&#8217s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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. <a href="/amp/2_kings/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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. <a href="/csb/2_kings/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Josiah was eight years old when he became king and reigned 31 years in Jerusalem. His mother&#8217s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. <a href="/asv/2_kings/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_kings/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Josiah was 8 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 31 years from Jerusalem. His mother Jedidah was the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath. <a href="/erv/2_kings/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Josiah was 8 years old when he began to rule, and he was king for 31 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> 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. <a href="/isv/2_kings/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> Josiah was an eight year old child when he began to reign, and he reigned for 31 years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. <a href="/msb/2_kings/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother?s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. <a href="/net/2_kings/22.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/2_kings/22.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Josiah [is] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he has reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Boskath, <a href="/ylt/2_kings/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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, <a href="/slt/2_kings/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The son of eight years was Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/22.htm">New American Bible</a> Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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 Azariah of Boscath. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Yoshiah was a son of eight years when he became king, and thirtyone years he reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother, Yadida, daughter of Azarayah, was from Bazqeth.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/2_kings/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> 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. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/22-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=7590" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/22.htm">Josiah Reigns in Judah</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/2977.htm" title="2977: yō·šî·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Yah supports, two Isr. Or; from the same root as 'ashuwyah and Yahh; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites.">Josiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/8083.htm" title="8083: šə·mō·neh (Number-fs) -- Or shmowneh; feminine shmonah; or shmownah; apparently from shamen through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight; also eighth.">was eight</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">years old</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: ḇə·mā·lə·ḵōw (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">when he became king,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: mā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">and he reigned</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: bî·rū·šā·lim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">in Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/7970.htm" title="7970: ū·šə·lō·šîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Thirty. Or shloshiym; multiple of shalowsh; thirty; or thirtieth.">thirty-one</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: wə·’a·ḥaṯ (Conj-w:: Number-fsc) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years.</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·mōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">His mother’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: wə·šêm (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">name</a> <a href="/hebrew/3040.htm" title="3040: yə·ḏî·ḏāh (N-proper-fs) -- Beloved, mother of King Josiah. Feminine of ydiyd; beloved; Jedidah, an Israelitess.">was Jedidah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ḇaṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/5718.htm" title="5718: ‘ă·ḏā·yāh (N-proper-ms) -- Or madayahuw; from adah and Yahh; Jah has adorned; Adajah, the name of eight Israelites.">of Adaiah;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1218.htm" title="1218: mib·bā·ṣə·qaṯ (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A city in Judah. From batseq; a swell of ground; Botscath, a place in Palestine.">she was from Bozkath.</a> 2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-1.htm">2 Chronicles 34:1-2</a> Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. / And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left. <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2</a> And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’” <a href="/2_kings/23-25.htm">2 Kings 23:25</a> Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses. <a href="/2_kings/12-2.htm">2 Kings 12:2</a> And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest. <a href="/2_kings/18-5.htm">2 Kings 18:5-6</a> Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him. / He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-2.htm">2 Chronicles 29:2</a> And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done. <a href="/2_chronicles/31-20.htm">2 Chronicles 31:20-21</a> So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God. / He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered. <a href="/2_chronicles/35-18.htm">2 Chronicles 35:18</a> No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem. <a href="/jeremiah/22-15.htm">Jeremiah 22:15-16</a> Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him. / He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD. <a href="/matthew/1-10.htm">Matthew 1:10</a> Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, <a href="/matthew/1-11.htm">Matthew 1:11</a> and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-25.htm">2 Chronicles 33:25</a> But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-1.htm">2 Chronicles 36:1</a> Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. <a href="/1_kings/22-42.htm">1 Kings 22:42-43</a> Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. / And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. <a href="/2_kings/11-21.htm">2 Kings 11:21</a> Joash was seven years old when he became king.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.A.<a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2</a> And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.<a href="/2_chronicles/34-1.htm">2 Chronicles 34:1,2-33</a> Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years… <a href="/jeremiah/1-2.htm">Jeremiah 1:2</a> To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.Josias.<a href="/2_kings/11-21.htm">2 Kings 11:21</a> Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.<a href="/2_kings/21-1.htm">2 Kings 21:1</a> Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.<a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Psalm 8:2</a> Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.Boscath.<a href="/joshua/15-39.htm">Joshua 15:39</a> Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,Bozkath.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/11-12.htm">Adaiah</a> <a href="/joshua/15-39.htm">Bozkath</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-19.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-36.htm">Eight</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-19.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm">Josiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm">Josi'ah</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-19.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-19.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm">Reigned</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-19.htm">Reigning</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-1.htm">Ruling</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-14.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/joshua/12-24.htm">Thirty-One</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/6-41.htm">Adaiah</a> <a href="/joshua/15-39.htm">Bozkath</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-24.htm">Eight</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-14.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-3.htm">Josiah</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-3.htm">Josi'ah</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-31.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-31.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-3.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-31.htm">Reigned</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-31.htm">Reigning</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-31.htm">Ruling</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/3-4.htm">Thirty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-1.htm">Thirty-One</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 22</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/22-1.htm">Josiah's good reign.</a> 3. <a href="/2_kings/22-3.htm">He takes care for the repair of the temple.</a> 8. <a href="/2_kings/22-8.htm">Hilkiah having found a book of the law,</a> 12. <a href="/2_kings/22-12.htm">Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of the Lord.</a> 15. <a href="/2_kings/22-15.htm">Huldah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Josiah was eight years old when he became king Josiah's ascension to the throne at such a young age highlights the instability and vulnerability of the kingdom of Judah during this period. His father, Amon, was assassinated, leading to Josiah's early coronation. This situation underscores the political turmoil and the need for divine intervention in the leadership of Judah. Josiah's youth also sets the stage for his later reforms, as he would have been heavily influenced by his advisors and the high priest Hilkiah, who played a significant role in his spiritual development. This early start is reminiscent of other young leaders in the Bible, such as Samuel and David, who were called by God at a young age.and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years Josiah's reign, lasting thirty-one years, was marked by significant religious reforms and a return to the worship of Yahweh. This period of stability and reform is crucial in the history of Judah, as it represents a temporary reprieve from the idolatry and apostasy that characterized much of the nation's history. Josiah's reign is often seen as a fulfillment of the prophecy given to the unnamed prophet in <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">1 Kings 13:2</a>, which foretold the coming of a king named Josiah who would destroy the altars of Bethel. His long reign allowed for the implementation of extensive reforms, including the repair of the temple and the rediscovery of the Book of the Law, which led to a national revival.His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah The mention of Josiah's mother, Jedidah, and her lineage, highlights the importance of maternal influence in the biblical narrative. While the Bible does not provide extensive details about Jedidah, her inclusion suggests that she may have played a role in Josiah's upbringing and spiritual formation. The name Jedidah means "beloved," which could imply a positive influence on Josiah's life. The maternal lineage is often noted in the Bible to establish legitimacy and heritage, as seen in other genealogical records.she was from Bozkath Bozkath was a town in the territory of Judah, mentioned in <a href="/joshua/15-39.htm">Joshua 15:39</a>. Its inclusion here provides geographical context and ties Josiah's family to the southern kingdom of Judah. The mention of Bozkath may also indicate the social standing or tribal affiliation of Josiah's family, as towns and cities often held significance in terms of identity and heritage. This connection to a specific location within Judah underscores the continuity of the Davidic line and the fulfillment of God's promises to David regarding his descendants.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/josiah.htm">Josiah</a> The young king of Judah who began his reign at the age of eight. He is known for his significant religious reforms and dedication to the Lord. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jedidah.htm">Jedidah</a> Josiah's mother, whose name means "beloved." Her influence may have played a role in Josiah's righteous reign. 3. <a href="/topical/a/adaiah.htm">Adaiah</a> The father of Jedidah, mentioned to establish Josiah's lineage. 4. <a href="/topical/b/bozkath.htm">Bozkath</a> A town in Judah, indicating the geographical and familial roots of Josiah's mother. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, where Josiah reigned and initiated his reforms.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/godly_influence.htm">Godly Influence</a> Despite his young age, Josiah's reign was marked by righteousness, suggesting the potential influence of a godly upbringing. Parents and mentors should strive to instill biblical values in the next generation. <a href="/topical/y/youth_and_leadership.htm">Youth and Leadership</a> Josiah's account demonstrates that age does not limit one's ability to lead and make significant changes. Young believers should be encouraged to pursue leadership roles and make a positive impact. <a href="/topical/h/heritage_and_identity.htm">Heritage and Identity</a> The mention of Josiah's lineage and hometown underscores the importance of understanding one's heritage and identity in God's plan. Believers should reflect on how their background can be used for God's glory. <a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_god's_word.htm">Commitment to God's Word</a> Josiah's later reforms were driven by a rediscovery of the Scriptures. This highlights the transformative power of God's Word and the need for regular engagement with it.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 22</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_josiah's_timeline.htm">How do we reconcile the timeline of Josiah’s reign in 2 Kings 22:1 with other historical and biblical sources referencing his lineage and age? </a> <a href="/q/who_was_josiah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Josiah in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_are_2_chr_18_and_1_kgs_22_inerrant.htm">Comparing 2 Chronicles 18 with 1 Kings 22, how can both accounts be inerrant if they present varying details about the same event?</a> <a href="/q/why_should_anyone_despise_your_youth.htm">Why should anyone despise your youth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XXII.THE REIGN OF JOSIAH (2 Kings 22, <a href="/2_kings/23-30.htm" title="And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.">2Kings 23:30</a>; comp. 2 Chronicles 24, 25)(1) Josiah.--The name seems to mean "Jah healeth." (Comp. <a href="/exodus/15-26.htm" title="And said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases on you, which I have brought on the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that heals you.">Exodus 15:26</a>; <a href="/isaiah/30-26.htm" title="Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up the breach of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.">Isaiah 30:26</a>.)Eight years old.--The queen-mother was probably paramount in the government during the first years of the reign.Boscath.--In the lowland of Judah (<a href="/joshua/15-39.htm" title="Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,">Joshua 15:39</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign. So the writer of Chronicles (<a href="/2_chronicles/34-1.htm">2 Chronicles 34:1</a>) and Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 10:4. § 1). He must have been born, therefore, when his father was no more than sixteen years of age, and Amen must have married when he was only fifteen. And he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. Probably from B.C. 640 to B.C. 609 - a most important period of the world's history, including, as it does, (1) the great Scythic invasion; (2) the fall of Assyria; (3) the formation of the Median empire; and the foundation of the Babylonian empire by Nabopolasar. And his mother's name was Jedidah - i.e. "Darling" - the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. Boscath is mentioned as among the cities of Judah (<a href="/joshua/15-39.htm">Joshua 15:39</a>). It lay in the Shefelah (<a href="/joshua/15-33.htm">Joshua 15:33</a>), not far from Lachish and Eglon. The recent explorers of Palestine identify it with the modern Um-el-Bikar, two miles and a half southeast of Ajlun (Eglon). (See the 'Map of Western Palestine,' published by Mr. Trelawny Saunders.) <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/22-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Josiah יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ (yō·šî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2977.htm">Strong's 2977: </a> Josiah -- 'Yah supports', two Israelites was eight שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה (šə·mō·neh) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8083.htm">Strong's 8083: </a> A cardinal number, eight, eighth years old בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son when he became king, בְמָלְכ֔וֹ (ḇə·mā·lə·ḵōw) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel and he reigned מָלַ֖ךְ (mā·laḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel in Jerusalem בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (bî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel thirty-one וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים (ū·šə·lō·šîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7970.htm">Strong's 7970: </a> Thirty, thirtieth years. שָׁנָ֔ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year His mother’s אִמּ֔וֹ (’im·mōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> A mother, ) name וְשֵׁ֣ם (wə·šêm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name was Jedidah יְדִידָ֥ה (yə·ḏî·ḏāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3040.htm">Strong's 3040: </a> Jedidah -- 'beloved', mother of King Josiah the daughter בַת־ (ḇaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Adaiah; עֲדָ֖יָה (‘ă·ḏā·yāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5718.htm">Strong's 5718: </a> Adaiah -- 'Yah has ornamented Himself', the name of a number of Israelites she was from Bozkath. מִבָּצְקַֽת׃ (mib·bā·ṣə·qaṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1218.htm">Strong's 1218: </a> Bozkath -- a city in Judah <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/22-1.htm">2 Kings 22:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-1.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 21:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 21:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/22-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 22:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 22:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>