2 CHR 34:1 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὢν ὀκτὼ ἐτῶν Ἰωσίας ἐν τῷ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτὸν, καὶ τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἔτος ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
(Ōn oktō etōn Yōsias en tōi basileusai auton, kai triakonta kai hen etos ebasileusen en Hierousalaʸm.)

BrTr Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

ULT A son of eight years was Josiah when he became king; and 31 years he reigned in Jerusalem.

UST Josiah was eight years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

BSB & MSB Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty -one years.

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WEBBE & WMBB Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

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

LSV Josiah [is] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he has reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem,

FBV Josiah was eight when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

T4T Josiah was eight years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 31 years.

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

BBE Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

Moff Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

JPS Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

ASV Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

DRA Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem.

YLT A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

Drby Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

RV Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.
(Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Yerusalem.)

SLT The son of eight years was Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he reigned in Jerusalem.

Wbstr Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

KJB-1769 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
(Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Yerusalem one and thirty years.)

KJB-1611 ¶ Iosiah was eight yeeres old when hee beganne to reigne, and he reigned in Ierusalem one and thirty yeeres.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Iosia was eyght yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned in Hierusalem thirtie and one yeres.
(Yosia was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Yerusalem thirty and one years.)

Gnva Iosiah was eight yeere olde when hee began to reigne, and he reigned in Ierusalem one and thirtie yeere.
(Yosiah was eight year old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Yerusalem one and thirty year.)

Cvdl Iosias was eight yeare olde whan he was made kynge, and reigned one and thirtye yeare at Ierusalem,
(Yosias was eight year old when he was made king, and reigned one and thirty year at Yerusalem,)

Wycl Josie was of eiyte yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede in Jerusalem oon and thritti yeer.
(Yosie was of eight year, when he began to reign, and he reigned in Yerusalem one and thirty year.)

Luth Acht Jahre alt war Josia, da er König ward, und regierete einunddreißig Jahre zu Jerusalem.
(Eight years old what/which Josiah, there he king was, and ruled/reigned thirty-one years to/for Jerusalem.)

ClVg Octo annorum erat Josias cum regnare cœpisset, et triginta et uno anno regnavit in Jerusalem.
(Eight of_years was Yosiah when/with to_reign had_begun, and thirty and one in_the_year reigned in/into/on Yerusalem.)

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles

If ever there was a point in biblical history when the worship of Yahweh seemed all but extinguished, it was during the years leading up to King Josiah’s birth. Yet it was against this incredibly dark backdrop that the Lord raised up Josiah of Judah to bring about one of the greatest spiritual reforms his nation had ever seen. Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh, one of the most wicked and idolatrous kings of Judah (2 Kings 21:1-9; 2 Chronicles 33:1-9), though Manasseh later repented (2 Chronicles 33:12-19), and the son of Amon, another wicked, idolatrous king (2 Kings 21:18-22; 2 Chronicles 33:20-23). After his father’s death, Josiah became king at the young age of eight, so perhaps it was this lack of influence from his wicked father during some of his most formative years as a leader that enabled him to become such a force for spiritual renewal throughout Judah. Whatever the reason for his spiritual fervor, Josiah’s passion also coincided with a period of Assyrian decline, which allowed him to expand his renewal even to the lands once ruled by the northern kingdom of Israel. Josiah began his reforms by commissioning repairs to be made to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. During these repairs, the book of the law, likely the book of Deuteronomy, was found in the Temple and brought to Josiah. When Josiah read the book, he tore his clothes in anguish over the punishment that surely awaited the nation for their disobedience to the laws of Moses. He called for all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to gather by the pillar of the Temple, and he read the law to them as well and led them to establish a new covenant to follow the laws of Moses. Josiah then began a great purge of idolatry throughout Jerusalem, Judah, and even Israel. Utensils used for pagan worship were removed from the Temple in Jerusalem and burned in the Kidron Valley, and their ashes were carried to Bethel. The image of Asherah was also removed and burned in the Kidron Valley, and the remains were ground to dust and spread over graves of the common people. The houses of the male prostitutes in the Temple area were also broken down. The horses and chariots dedicated to the sun by the kings of Judah were removed, and the chariots were burned. The altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz and the altars that Manasseh had made in Temple courtyard were pulled down and broken in pieces, and the rubble was thrown into the Kidron Valley. A place called Topheth in the Hinnom Valley was defiled so that no one would make a son or daughter pass through fire as an offering to Molech. Just east of Jerusalem the high places built by King Solomon for his pagan wives on the Mount of Corruption (also called the Mount of Olives; 1 Kings 11:7-8) were defiled. Josiah’s reforms throughout Judah included putting away the mediums, wizards, teraphim, idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land. At Bethel he tore down the altar and the high place erected by Jeroboam son of Nebat. He burned the high place, crushing it to dust, and burned the sacred pole. There he also saw tombs of people who must have been associated with the pagan rituals there, so he removed the bones and burned them on the altar, thus defiling it, as was prophesied years earlier (1 Kings 13:1-10). Josiah then extended his reforms to lands that formerly belonged to Israel but were now directly governed by Assyria. Throughout the towns of Samaria all the shrines of the high places were removed, the priests of the high places were slaughtered on the pagan altars, and their bones were burned on them. Throughout the rest of the land of Israel and Judah–in Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali–Josiah also broke down the altars, ground the sacred poles and images into powder, and demolished all the incense altars. When Josiah returned to Jerusalem, he celebrated the Passover in a way that exceeded all the Passover celebrations since the time of the Judges.

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Josiah’s Reforms throughout Judah and Israel

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