Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

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Bible References

Eight years old

2 Kings 11:21
Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.
2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah.
Psalm 8:2
From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.
Isaiah 3:4
And I will make mere lads their princes,
And capricious children will rule over them,

General references

2 Kings 11:21
Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.