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
a son of seven years is Jehoash in his reigning.
2 Kings 21:1
A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Hephzi-Bah;
Psalm 8:2
From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.
Isaiah 3:4
And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

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2 Kings 11:21
a son of seven years is Jehoash in his reigning.