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Josiah Repents

22 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother[a] was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath. He did what the Lord approved[b] and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps;[c] he did not deviate to the right or the left.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 22:1 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
  2. 2 Kings 22:2 tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”
  3. 2 Kings 22:2 tn Heb “and walked in all the way of David his father.”

The Book of the Law Found(A)

22 Josiah(B) was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.(C) He did what was right(D) in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right(E) or to the left.

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