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But the people of the land killed all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.