Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

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Bible References

Eight years old

2 Kings 11:21
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hephzibah.
Psalm 8:2
From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
Isaiah 3:4
I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

General references

2 Kings 11:21
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.