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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 22:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 22:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Josiah [02977] was eight [08083] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] thirty [07970] and one [0259] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Jedidah [03040], the daughter [01323] of Adaiah [05718] of Boscath [01218]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
JOSIAH'S GOOD REIGN. (Kg2 22:1-2)
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign--Happier than his grandfather Manasseh, he seems to have fallen during his minority under the care of better guardians, who trained him in the principles and practice of piety; and so strongly had his young affections been enlisted on the side of true and undefiled religion, that he continued to adhere all his life, with undeviating perseverance, to the cause of God and righteousness. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Length and spirit of Josiah's reign. - Josiah (for the name, see at Kg1 13:2), like Hezekiah, trode once more in the footsteps of his pious forefather David, adhering with the greatest constancy to the law of the Lord. He reigned thirty-one years. As a child he had probably received a pious training from his mother; and when he had ascended the throne, after the early death of his godless father, he was under the guidance of pious men who were faithfully devoted to the law of the Lord, and who turned his heart to the God of their fathers, as was the case with Joash in Kg2 12:3, although there is no allusion to guardianship. His mother Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah, was of Boscath, a city in the plain of Judah, of which nothing further is known (see at Jos 15:39). The description of his character, "he turned not aside to the right hand and to the left," sc. from that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, is based upon Deu 5:29; Deu 17:11, Deu 17:20, and Deu 28:14, and expresses an unwavering adherence to the law of the Lord. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Josiah was eight years old - He was one of the best, if not the best, of all the Jewish kings since the time of David. He began well, continued well, and ended well. |
1 Josiah [02977] was eight [08083] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] thirty [07970] and one [0259] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Jedidah [03040], the daughter [01323] of Adaiah [05718] of Boscath [01218].
2 And he did [06213] that which was right [03477] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and walked [03212] in all the way [01870] of David [01732] his father [01], and turned not aside [05493] to the right hand [03225] or to the left [08040].
14 And thou shalt not go aside [05493] from any of the words [01697] which I command [06680] thee this day [03117], to the right hand [03225], or to the left [08040], to go [03212] after [0310] other [0312] gods [0430] to serve [05647] them.
20 That his heart [03824] be not lifted up [07311] above his brethren [0251], and that he turn not aside [05493] from the commandment [04687], to the right hand [03225], or to the left [08040]: to the end that he may prolong [0748] his days [03117] in his kingdom [04467], he, and his children [01121], in the midst [07130] of Israel [03478].
11 According to the sentence [06310] of the law [08451] which they shall teach [03384] thee, and according to the judgment [04941] which they shall tell [0559] thee, thou shalt do [06213]: thou shalt not decline [05493] from the sentence [01697] which they shall shew [05046] thee, to the right hand [03225], nor to the left [08040].
29 O that there were such [02088] an [04310] heart [03824] in them [05414], that they would fear [03372] me, and keep [08104] all my commandments [04687] always [03117], that it might be well [03190] with them, and with their children [01121] for ever [05769]!
39 Lachish [03923], and Bozkath [01218], and Eglon [05700],
3 But the high places [01116] were not taken away [05493]: the people [05971] still sacrificed [02076] and burnt incense [06999] in the high places [01116].
2 And he cried [07121] against the altar [04196] in the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], and said [0559], O altar [04196], altar [04196], thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, a child [01121] shall be born [03205] unto the house [01004] of David [01732], Josiah [02977] by name [08034]; and upon thee shall he offer [02076] the priests [03548] of the high places [01116] that burn incense [06999] upon thee, and men's [0120] bones [06106] shall be burnt [08313] upon thee.