2 Kings 22:1

1 Josi'ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedi'dah the daughter of Adai'ah of Bozkath.

2 Kings 22:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign
And must be born when his father was but sixteen, for Amon lived but twenty four years, ( 2 Kings 21:19 ) ,

and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem;
and so must die at thirty nine years of age:

and his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath;
a city of the tribe of Judah, (See Gill on Joshua 15:39).

2 Kings 22:1 In-Context

1 Josi'ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedi'dah the daughter of Adai'ah of Bozkath.

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

3 In the eighteenth year of King Josi'ah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azali'ah, son of Meshul'lam, the secretary, to the house of the LORD, saying,

4 "Go up to Hilki'ah the high priest, that he may reckon the amount of the money which has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people;

5 and let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD; and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the LORD, repairing the house,