Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
Bible References
Eight years
2 Chronicles 24:1
Joash [was] seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother [was] Zibiah from Beersheba.
2 Chronicles 26:1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah (now he [was] sixteen years old) and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
1 Samuel 2:18
Now Samuel [was] serving before Yahweh, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.
1 Kings 3:7
So then, O Yahweh, you are my God. You have made your servant king in place of David my father [though] I [am] a young boy. I do not know going out or coming in.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
A poor but wise youth [is] better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows {how to receive advice}.