2 Chronicles 34:1

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; 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 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

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

3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a boy, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the sacred poles, and the carved and the cast images.

4 In his presence they pulled down the altars of the Baals; he demolished the incense altars that stood above them. He broke down the sacred poles and the carved and the cast images; he made dust of them and scattered 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.