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2 Chronicles 34:1

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JOSIAH was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
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  1. Jeremiah 1:2Rank 1 from verse 1
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    2To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

  2. Zephaniah 1:1Rank 2 from verse 1
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    1THE word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

  3. 1 Chronicles 3:14–15Rank 3 from verse 1
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    14Amon his son, Josiah his son.

    15And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

  4. 1 Kings 13:2Rank 4 from verse 1
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    2And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

  5. 1 Kings 3:7–9Rank 5 from verse 1
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    7And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

    8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

    9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

  6. 1 Samuel 2:18Rank 6 from verse 1
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    18¶ But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

  7. 1 Samuel 2:26Rank 7 from verse 1
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    26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.

  8. 2 Chronicles 24:1Rank 8 from verse 1
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    1JOASH was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

  9. 2 Chronicles 26:1Rank 9 from verse 1
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    1THEN all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

  10. 2 Chronicles 33:1Rank 10 from verse 1
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    1MANASSEH was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

  11. 2 Chronicles 33:25Rank 11 from verse 1
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    25¶ But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

  12. 2 Kings 22:1–20Rank 12 from verse 1
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    1JOSIAH was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

    2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

    3¶ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,

    4Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

    5And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house,

    6Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

    7Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

    8¶ And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

    9And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord.

    10And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

    11And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

    12And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,

    13Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

    14So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

    15¶ And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,

    16Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:

    17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

    18But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;

    19Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

    20Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  13. Ecclesiastes 4:13Rank 13 from verse 1
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    13¶ Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

  14. Matthew 1:10–11Rank 14 from verse 1
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    10And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

    11And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:

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2 Chronicles 34:1

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old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

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began

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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).

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reign

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Sense 1: To exercise kingly rule, dominion, governing power, or controlling power. Sense 2: Royal rule or dominion, or the period during which a ruler governs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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reigned

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Past-tense or past-participial form of reign (to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority).

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thirty

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The number equal to three tens, following twenty-nine and preceding thirty-one.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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34:1JOSIAH was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

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34:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

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