Josiah Reigns in Judah

34 ^(A)Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, ^(A)in the days of ^(B)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

² to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of ^(A)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in ^(B)the thirteenth year of his reign.

¹⁰ and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,^[a] and Amos the father of Josiah, ¹¹ and ^(A)Josiah the father of ^(B)Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

¹³ Better was ^(A)a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how ^(B)to take advice.

²⁵ But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

Manasseh Reigns in Judah

33 ^(A)Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Uzziah Reigns in Judah

26 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

Joash Repairs the Temple

24 ^(A)Joash^[a] was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

^14 (A)Amon his son, ^(B)Josiah his son. ¹⁵ The sons of Josiah: ^(C)Johanan the firstborn, the second ^(D)Jehoiakim, the third ^(E)Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.