“ I will make youths their leaders, and the unstable will govern them.”

主说：“我必使孩童作他们的首领，使婴孩辖管他们。

我必使孩童作他们的领袖，幼儿管辖他们。

我必使孩童作他们的领袖，幼儿管辖他们。

主必使少儿做他们的首领，让孩童治理他们。

我必使孩童作他们的领袖，使婴孩管辖他们。

我要使孩子作他们的首领，使顽童管辖他们。

主說：我必使孩童作他們的首領，使嬰孩轄管他們。

我必使孩童作他們的領袖，幼兒管轄他們。

我必使孩童作他們的領袖，幼兒管轄他們。

主必使少兒做他們的首領，讓孩童治理他們。

我必使孩童作他們的領袖，使嬰孩管轄他們。

我必使孩童做他們的首領，使反覆無常的人管轄他們。

我要使孩子作他們的首領，使頑童管轄他們。

我將使童穉為其長、孩提主其治、

使器少年稚者為君、以治斯民。

主曰、我必使兒童為其長、使稚子治之、

“ I will make mere youths their officials; children will rule over them.”

The Lord will make mere youths their leaders. Children will rule over them.

And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them.

I will make boys their leaders, and toddlers their rulers.

“ I will make youths their leaders, and unstable rulers will govern them.”

And I will make mere boys their leaders, And mischievous children will rule over them,

“ I will give children to be their princes, And babes shall rule over them.

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

And I will give children[ to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

The LORD says,“ I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

Woe to you, land, when your king is a youth and your princes feast in the morning.

“ Lord my God, You have now made Your servant king in my father David’s place. Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership.Your servant is among Your people You have chosen, a people too numerous to be numbered or counted.So give Your servant an obedient heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”

Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king and reigned three months in Jerusalem.

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king and reigned three months and 10 days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem.

Josiah was eight years old when he became king and reigned 31 years in Jerusalem.

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king and reigned 55 years in Jerusalem.