2 Chronicles 34:1

1 Josi'ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1,2. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign
2 Chronicles 34:2

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2 Chronicles 34:1 In-Context

1 Josi'ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father; and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Ashe'rim, and the graven and the molten images.

4 And they broke down the altars of the Ba'als in his presence; and he hewed down the incense altars which stood above them; and he broke in pieces the Ashe'rim and the graven and the molten images, and he made dust of them and strewed it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

5 He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.