2 Kings 22:1-3

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Josiah Succeeds Amon

22 Josiah was an eight year old child when he began to reign, and he reigned for 31 years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. ² He practiced what the Lord considered to be right, living the way his ancestor David had lived, turning neither to the right nor to the left.

³ Eighteen years after King Josiah had begun to reign, the king sent Azaliah’s son Shaphan, grandson of Meshullam the scribe, to the Lord’s Temple. He told him,