"Josiah {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years." — 2 Chronicles 34:1

2 Chronicles 34:1 · KJV

“Josiah {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.”

— 2 Chronicles 34:1

And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined {neither} to the right hand, nor to the left.

2 Chronicles 34 — Context

Josiah {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined {neither} to the right hand, nor to the left.

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

Cross References

Jeremiah 1:2

To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Zephaniah 1:1

The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

1 Samuel 2:26

And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.

1 Kings 3:7-9

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I {am but} a little child: I know not {how} to go out or come in.

1 Chronicles 3:14-15

Amon his son, Josiah his son.

1 Samuel 2:18

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, {being} a child, girded with a linen ephod.

2 Kings 22:1-20

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.