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New Century Version

2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he ruled thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Ephraim;   Josiah;   Simeon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Boys, Pious;   Josiah;   Piety;   Young Men;   Young People;   Youthful Piety;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Josiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Josiah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Josiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Josi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Carving;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Yerushalayim.
King James Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
English Standard Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
New English Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
World English Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iosiah was eight yeere olde when hee began to reigne, and he reigned in Ierusalem one and thirtie yeere.
Legacy Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
Contemporary English Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled thirty-one years from Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for thirty-one years in Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He was king for 31 years in Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
JOSIAH was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.
Lexham English Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
Josiah was a son of eight years when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty one years.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iosias was eight yeare olde whan he was made kynge, and reigned one and thirtye yeare at Ierusalem,
American Standard Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iosia was eyght yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned in Hierusalem thirtie and one yeres.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
Iosiah was eight yeeres old when hee beganne to reigne, and he reigned in Ierusalem one and thirty yeeres.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Josie was of eiyte yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede in Jerusalem oon and thritti yeer.
Update Bible Version
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
New King James Version
2 Kings 22:1,2">[xr] Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
New Life Bible
Josiah was eight years old when he became king. And he ruled thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Eight years old, was Josiah when he begun to reign, - and, thirty-one years, reigned he in Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
Josi'ah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,
THE MESSAGE
Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. He behaved well before God . He kept straight on the path blazed by his ancestor David, not one step to the left or right.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he ruled thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 He did what the Lord said was right. He lived as his ancestor David had lived, and he did not stop doing what was right. 3 In his eighth year as king while he was still young, Josiah began to obey the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year as king, Josiah began to remove from Judah and Jerusalem the gods, the places for worshiping gods, the Asherah idols, and the wooden and metal idols. 4 The people tore down the altars for the Baal gods as Josiah directed. Then Josiah cut down the incense altars that were above them. He broke up the Asherah idols and the wooden and metal idols and beat them into powder. Then he sprinkled the powder on the graves of the people who had offered sacrifices to these gods. 5 He burned the bones of their priests on their own altars. So Josiah removed idol worship from Judah and Jerusalem, 6 and from the towns in the areas of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon all the way to Naphtali, and in the ruins near these towns. 7 Josiah broke down the altars and Asherah idols and beat the idols into powder. He cut down all the incense altars in all of Israel. Then he went back to Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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Josiah: 2 Chronicles 33:25, 1 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 22:1-20, 1 Chronicles 3:14, 1 Chronicles 3:15, Jeremiah 1:2, Zephaniah 1:1, Matthew 1:10, Matthew 1:11, Josias

eight years: 2 Chronicles 24:1, 2 Chronicles 26:1, 2 Chronicles 33:1, 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 2:26, 1 Kings 3:7-9, Ecclesiastes 4:13

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:7 - beaten Isaiah 3:4 - children Matthew 25:16 - went

Cross-References

Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he married two Hittite women—Judith daughter of Beeri and Basemath daughter of Elon.
Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of these Hittite women here in this land, I want to die."
Genesis 28:6
Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Northwest Mesopotamia to find a wife there. He also learned that Isaac had commanded Jacob not to marry a Canaanite woman
Genesis 30:13
and Leah said, "I am very happy! Now women will call me happy," so she named him Asher.
Genesis 30:21
Later Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
Genesis 46:15
These are the sons of Leah and Jacob born in Northwest Mesopotamia, in addition to his daughter Dinah. There were thirty-three persons in this part of Jacob's family.
Jeremiah 2:36
It is so easy for you to change your mind. Even Egypt will let you down, as Assyria let you down.
1 Timothy 5:13
Besides that, they learn to waste their time, going from house to house. And they not only waste their time but also begin to gossip and busy themselves with other people's lives, saying things they should not say.
Titus 2:5
to be wise and pure, to be good workers at home, to be kind, and to yield to their husbands. Then no one will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 1,2. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign,.... Of these two verses, :-,

:-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the parallel history of 2 Kings 22:0 notes; 23:1-30 notes; the writer here being more full on the celebration of the Passover. The only approach to a discrepancy between the two narratives is with respect to the time of the religions reformation, which the writer of Chronicles distinctly places before, the author of Kings after, the repair of the temple. The best explanation seems to be, that the author of Kings has departed from the chronological order, to which he makes no profession of adhering.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXIV

Josiah reigns thirty-one years; destroys idolatry in Judah, as

also in Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and even to Naphtali, 1-7.

He begins to repair the temple, and collects money for the

purpose, and employs workmen, 8-13.

Hilkiah the priest finds the book of the law in the temple,

which is read by Shaphan before the king, 14-19.

He is greatly troubled, and consults Huldah the prophetess,

20-22.

Her exhortation, and message to the king, 23-28.

He causes it to be read to the elders of Judah, and they make

a covenant with God, 29, 32.

Josiah reforms every abomination, and the people serve God all

his days, 33.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXIV


 
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