2 Kings 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bo...

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The Message - Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. He lived the way God wanted. He kept straight on the path blazed by his ancestor David, not one step to either left or right.
新标点和合本 - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
当代译本 - 约西亚八岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政三十一年。他母亲叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
圣经新译本 - 约西亚登基的时候只有八岁。他在耶路撒冷作王共三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是亚大雅的女儿，来自波斯加。
中文标准译本 - 约西亚作王的时候八岁，在耶路撒冷统治了三十一年。他的母亲名叫耶迪达，是亚达雅的女儿，来自波斯加。
现代标点和合本 - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷做王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
和合本（拼音版） - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
New International Version - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
New International Reader's Version - Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 31 years. His mother’s name was Jedidah. She was the daughter of Adaiah. She was from Bozkath.
English Standard Version - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
New Living Translation - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath.
Christian Standard Bible - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
New American Standard Bible - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
New King James Version - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
Amplified Bible - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
American Standard Version - Josiah 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 Bozkath.
King James Version - Josiah 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 Bozkath.
New English Translation - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.
World English Bible - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
新標點和合本 - 約西亞登基的時候年八歲，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 約西亞登基的時候年八歲，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 約西亞登基的時候年八歲，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
當代譯本 - 約西亞八歲登基，在耶路撒冷執政三十一年。他母親叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
聖經新譯本 - 約西亞登基的時候只有八歲。他在耶路撒冷作王共三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是亞大雅的女兒，來自波斯加。
呂振中譯本 - 約西亞登極的時候只有八歲：他在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
中文標準譯本 - 約西亞作王的時候八歲，在耶路撒冷統治了三十一年。他的母親名叫耶迪達，是亞達雅的女兒，來自波斯加。
現代標點和合本 - 約西亞登基的時候年八歲，在耶路撒冷做王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
文理和合譯本 - 約西亞即位時、年八齡、在耶路撒冷為王、歷三十一年、其母名耶底大、波斯加人亞大雅女也、
文理委辦譯本 - 約西亞乃不甲人亞太雅女耶底大所出、年僅八齡、在耶路撒冷為王、凡歷三十一年、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 約西亞即位時、年八歲、都耶路撒冷、在位三十一年、其母乃波斯加人亞大雅女、名耶底大、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Josías tenía ocho años cuando ascendió al trono, y reinó en Jerusalén treinta y un años. Su madre era Jedidá hija de Adaías, oriunda de Boscat.
현대인의 성경 - 요시야는 8세에 왕위에 올라 예루살렘에서 31년을 통치하였다. 그리 고 그의 어머니는 보스갓 사람인 아다야 의 딸 여디다였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Иосии было восемь лет, когда он стал царем, и правил он в Иерусалиме тридцать один год. Его мать звали Иедида, она была дочерью Адаи, родом из Боцката.
Восточный перевод - Иосии было восемь лет, когда он стал царём, и правил он в Иерусалиме тридцать один год. Его мать звали Иедида, она была дочерью Адаи, родом из Боцката.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Иосии было восемь лет, когда он стал царём, и правил он в Иерусалиме тридцать один год. Его мать звали Иедида, она была дочерью Адаи, родом из Боцката.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Иосии было восемь лет, когда он стал царём, и правил он в Иерусалиме тридцать один год. Его мать звали Иедида, она была дочерью Адаи, родом из Боцката.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Josias avait huit ans à son avènement et il régna trente et un ans à Jérusalem . Sa mère s’appelait Yedida, elle était fille d’Adaya de Botsqath.
リビングバイブル - ユダの新しい王ヨシヤは八歳で即位し、エルサレムで三十一年間治めました。母はボツカテ出身のアダヤの娘エディダで、彼は主の目にかなうことを行い、先祖ダビデにならって完全に主に従いました。
Nova Versão Internacional - Josias tinha oito anos de idade quando começou a reinar e reinou trinta e um anos em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Jedida, filha de Adaías; ela era de Bozcate.
Hoffnung für alle - Josia wurde mit 8 Jahren König und regierte 31 Jahre in Jerusalem. Seine Mutter hieß Jedida und war eine Tochter von Adaja aus Bozkat.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Lúc lên làm vua, Giô-si-a chỉ mới tám tuổi, và làm vua ba mươi mốt năm tại Giê-ru-sa-lem. Mẹ Giô-si-a là Giê-đi-đa, con của A-đa-gia ở Bốt-cát.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อโยสิยาห์ขึ้นเป็นกษัตริย์ พระองค์ทรงมีพระชนมายุแปดพรรษา ทรงครองราชย์อยู่ในกรุงเยรูซาเล็ม 31 ปี ราชมารดาคือเยดีดาห์ธิดาของอาดายาห์จากโบสคาท
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - โยสิยาห์มีอายุ 8 ปีเมื่อเริ่มเป็นกษัตริย์ และท่านครองราชย์ 31 ปีในเยรูซาเล็ม มารดาของท่านชื่อเยดีดาห์บุตรหญิงของอาดายาห์แห่งโบสคาท

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Zephaniah 1:1 - God’s Message to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. It came during the reign of Josiah son of Amon, who was king of Judah:
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Unlucky the land whose king is a young pup, And whose princes party all night. Lucky the land whose king is mature, Where the princes behave themselves And don’t drink themselves silly. * * *
Psalms 8:2 - Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you; toddlers shout the songs That drown out enemy talk, and silence atheist babble.
2 Kings 21:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king. He ruled for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. In God’s judgment he was a bad king—an evil king. He reintroduced all the moral rot and spiritual corruption that had been scoured from the country when God dispossessed the pagan nations in favor of the children of Israel. He rebuilt all the sex-and-religion shrines that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he built altars and phallic images for the sex god Baal and sex goddess Asherah, exactly what Ahab king of Israel had done. He worshiped the cosmic powers, taking orders from the constellations. He even built these pagan altars in The Temple of God, the very Jerusalem Temple dedicated exclusively by God’s decree (“in Jerusalem I place my Name”) to God’s Name. And he built shrines to the cosmic powers and placed them in both courtyards of The Temple of God. He burned his own son in a sacrificial offering. He practiced black magic and fortunetelling. He held séances and consulted spirits from the underworld. Much evil—in God’s judgment, a career in evil. And God was angry.
2 Kings 11:21 - Joash was seven years old when he became king.
2 Chronicles 34:1 - 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.
2 Chronicles 34:3 - When he had been king for eight years—he was still only a teenager—he began to seek the God of David his ancestor. Four years later, the twelfth year of his reign, he set out to cleanse the neighborhood of sex-and-religion shrines, and get rid of the sacred Asherah groves and the god and goddess figurines, whether carved or cast, from Judah. He wrecked the Baal shrines, tore down the altars connected with them, and scattered the debris and ashes over the graves of those who had worshiped at them. He burned the bones of the priests on the same altars they had used when alive. He scrubbed the place clean, Judah and Jerusalem, clean inside and out. The cleanup campaign ranged outward to the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and the surrounding neighborhoods—as far north as Naphtali. Throughout Israel he demolished the altars and Asherah groves, pulverized the god and goddess figures, chopped up the neighborhood shrines into firewood. With Israel once more intact, he returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:8 - One day in the eighteenth year of his kingship, with the cleanup of country and Temple complete, King Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the mayor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz the historian to renovate The Temple of God. First they turned over to Hilkiah the high priest all the money collected by the Levitical security guards from Manasseh and Ephraim and the rest of Israel, and from Judah and Benjamin and the citizens of Jerusalem. It was then put into the hands of the foremen managing the work on The Temple of God who then passed it on to the workers repairing God’s Temple—the carpenters, construction workers, and masons—so they could buy the lumber and dressed stone for rebuilding the foundations the kings of Judah had allowed to fall to pieces. The workmen were honest and diligent. Their foremen were Jahath and Obadiah, the Merarite Levites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites—these managed the project. The Levites—they were all skilled musicians—were in charge of the common laborers and supervised the workers as they went from job to job. The Levites also served as accountants, managers, and security guards.
2 Chronicles 34:14 - While the money that had been given for The Temple of God was being received and dispersed, Hilkiah the high priest found a copy of The Revelation of Moses. He reported to Shaphan the royal secretary, “I’ve just found the Book of God’s Revelation, instructing us in God’s way—found it in The Temple!” He gave it to Shaphan, who then gave it to the king. And along with the book, he gave this report: “The job is complete—everything you ordered done is done. They took all the money that was collected in The Temple of God and handed it over to the managers and workers.”
2 Chronicles 34:18 - And then Shaphan told the king, “Hilkiah the priest gave me a book.” Shaphan proceeded to read it out to the king.
2 Chronicles 34:19 - When the king heard what was written in the book, God’s Revelation, he ripped his robes in dismay. And then he called for Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the royal secretary, and Asaiah the king’s personal aide. He ordered them all: “Go and pray to God for me and what’s left of Israel and Judah. Find out what we must do in response to what is written in this book that has just been found! God’s anger must be burning furiously against us—our ancestors haven’t obeyed a thing written in this book of God, followed none of the instructions directed to us.”
2 Chronicles 34:22 - Hilkiah and those picked by the king went straight to Huldah the prophetess. She was the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, who was in charge of the palace wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter. The men consulted with her. In response to them she said, “God’s word, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you here, ‘God has spoken, I’m on my way to bring the doom of judgment on this place and this people. Every word written in the book read by the king of Judah will happen. And why? Because they’ve deserted me and taken up with other gods; they’ve made me thoroughly angry by setting up their god-making businesses. My anger is raging white-hot against this place and nobody is going to put it out.’
2 Chronicles 34:26 - “And also tell the king of Judah, since he sent you to ask God for direction, God’s comment on what he read in the book: ‘Because you took seriously the doom of judgment I spoke against this place and people, and because you responded in humble repentance, tearing your robe in dismay and weeping before me, I’m taking you seriously. God’s word. I’ll take care of you; you’ll have a quiet death and be buried in peace. You won’t be around to see the doom that I’m going to bring upon this place and people.’” The men took her message back to the king.
2 Chronicles 34:29 - The king acted immediately, assembling all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem, and then proceeding to The Temple of God bringing everyone in his train—priests and prophets and people ranging from the least to the greatest. Then he read out publicly everything written in the Book of the Covenant that was found in The Temple of God. The king stood by his pillar and before God solemnly committed himself to the covenant: to follow God believingly and obediently; to follow his instructions, heart and soul, on what to believe and do; to confirm with his life the entire covenant, all that was written in the book.
2 Chronicles 34:32 - Then he made everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin commit themselves. And they did it. They committed themselves to the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 34:33 - Josiah did a thorough job of cleaning up the pollution that had spread throughout Israelite territory and got everyone started fresh again, serving and worshiping their God. All through Josiah’s life the people kept to the straight and narrow, obediently following God, the God of their ancestors. * * *

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The Message - Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. He lived the way God wanted. He kept straight on the path blazed by his ancestor David, not one step to either left or right.
新标点和合本 - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
当代译本 - 约西亚八岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政三十一年。他母亲叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
圣经新译本 - 约西亚登基的时候只有八岁。他在耶路撒冷作王共三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是亚大雅的女儿，来自波斯加。
中文标准译本 - 约西亚作王的时候八岁，在耶路撒冷统治了三十一年。他的母亲名叫耶迪达，是亚达雅的女儿，来自波斯加。
现代标点和合本 - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷做王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
和合本（拼音版） - 约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。
New International Version - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
New International Reader's Version - Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 31 years. His mother’s name was Jedidah. She was the daughter of Adaiah. She was from Bozkath.
English Standard Version - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
New Living Translation - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath.
Christian Standard Bible - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
New American Standard Bible - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
New King James Version - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
Amplified Bible - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
American Standard Version - Josiah 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 Bozkath.
King James Version - Josiah 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 Bozkath.
New English Translation - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.
World English Bible - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
新標點和合本 - 約西亞登基的時候年八歲，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 約西亞登基的時候年八歲，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 約西亞登基的時候年八歲，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
當代譯本 - 約西亞八歲登基，在耶路撒冷執政三十一年。他母親叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
聖經新譯本 - 約西亞登基的時候只有八歲。他在耶路撒冷作王共三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是亞大雅的女兒，來自波斯加。
呂振中譯本 - 約西亞登極的時候只有八歲：他在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
中文標準譯本 - 約西亞作王的時候八歲，在耶路撒冷統治了三十一年。他的母親名叫耶迪達，是亞達雅的女兒，來自波斯加。
現代標點和合本 - 約西亞登基的時候年八歲，在耶路撒冷做王三十一年。他母親名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亞大雅的女兒。
文理和合譯本 - 約西亞即位時、年八齡、在耶路撒冷為王、歷三十一年、其母名耶底大、波斯加人亞大雅女也、
文理委辦譯本 - 約西亞乃不甲人亞太雅女耶底大所出、年僅八齡、在耶路撒冷為王、凡歷三十一年、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 約西亞即位時、年八歲、都耶路撒冷、在位三十一年、其母乃波斯加人亞大雅女、名耶底大、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Josías tenía ocho años cuando ascendió al trono, y reinó en Jerusalén treinta y un años. Su madre era Jedidá hija de Adaías, oriunda de Boscat.
현대인의 성경 - 요시야는 8세에 왕위에 올라 예루살렘에서 31년을 통치하였다. 그리 고 그의 어머니는 보스갓 사람인 아다야 의 딸 여디다였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Иосии было восемь лет, когда он стал царем, и правил он в Иерусалиме тридцать один год. Его мать звали Иедида, она была дочерью Адаи, родом из Боцката.
Восточный перевод - Иосии было восемь лет, когда он стал царём, и правил он в Иерусалиме тридцать один год. Его мать звали Иедида, она была дочерью Адаи, родом из Боцката.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Иосии было восемь лет, когда он стал царём, и правил он в Иерусалиме тридцать один год. Его мать звали Иедида, она была дочерью Адаи, родом из Боцката.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Иосии было восемь лет, когда он стал царём, и правил он в Иерусалиме тридцать один год. Его мать звали Иедида, она была дочерью Адаи, родом из Боцката.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Josias avait huit ans à son avènement et il régna trente et un ans à Jérusalem . Sa mère s’appelait Yedida, elle était fille d’Adaya de Botsqath.
リビングバイブル - ユダの新しい王ヨシヤは八歳で即位し、エルサレムで三十一年間治めました。母はボツカテ出身のアダヤの娘エディダで、彼は主の目にかなうことを行い、先祖ダビデにならって完全に主に従いました。
Nova Versão Internacional - Josias tinha oito anos de idade quando começou a reinar e reinou trinta e um anos em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Jedida, filha de Adaías; ela era de Bozcate.
Hoffnung für alle - Josia wurde mit 8 Jahren König und regierte 31 Jahre in Jerusalem. Seine Mutter hieß Jedida und war eine Tochter von Adaja aus Bozkat.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Lúc lên làm vua, Giô-si-a chỉ mới tám tuổi, và làm vua ba mươi mốt năm tại Giê-ru-sa-lem. Mẹ Giô-si-a là Giê-đi-đa, con của A-đa-gia ở Bốt-cát.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อโยสิยาห์ขึ้นเป็นกษัตริย์ พระองค์ทรงมีพระชนมายุแปดพรรษา ทรงครองราชย์อยู่ในกรุงเยรูซาเล็ม 31 ปี ราชมารดาคือเยดีดาห์ธิดาของอาดายาห์จากโบสคาท
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - โยสิยาห์มีอายุ 8 ปีเมื่อเริ่มเป็นกษัตริย์ และท่านครองราชย์ 31 ปีในเยรูซาเล็ม มารดาของท่านชื่อเยดีดาห์บุตรหญิงของอาดายาห์แห่งโบสคาท

Zephaniah 1:1 - God’s Message to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. It came during the reign of Josiah son of Amon, who was king of Judah:
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Unlucky the land whose king is a young pup, And whose princes party all night. Lucky the land whose king is mature, Where the princes behave themselves And don’t drink themselves silly. * * *
Psalms 8:2 - Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you; toddlers shout the songs That drown out enemy talk, and silence atheist babble.
2 Kings 21:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king. He ruled for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. In God’s judgment he was a bad king—an evil king. He reintroduced all the moral rot and spiritual corruption that had been scoured from the country when God dispossessed the pagan nations in favor of the children of Israel. He rebuilt all the sex-and-religion shrines that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he built altars and phallic images for the sex god Baal and sex goddess Asherah, exactly what Ahab king of Israel had done. He worshiped the cosmic powers, taking orders from the constellations. He even built these pagan altars in The Temple of God, the very Jerusalem Temple dedicated exclusively by God’s decree (“in Jerusalem I place my Name”) to God’s Name. And he built shrines to the cosmic powers and placed them in both courtyards of The Temple of God. He burned his own son in a sacrificial offering. He practiced black magic and fortunetelling. He held séances and consulted spirits from the underworld. Much evil—in God’s judgment, a career in evil. And God was angry.
2 Kings 11:21 - Joash was seven years old when he became king.
2 Chronicles 34:1 - 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.
2 Chronicles 34:3 - When he had been king for eight years—he was still only a teenager—he began to seek the God of David his ancestor. Four years later, the twelfth year of his reign, he set out to cleanse the neighborhood of sex-and-religion shrines, and get rid of the sacred Asherah groves and the god and goddess figurines, whether carved or cast, from Judah. He wrecked the Baal shrines, tore down the altars connected with them, and scattered the debris and ashes over the graves of those who had worshiped at them. He burned the bones of the priests on the same altars they had used when alive. He scrubbed the place clean, Judah and Jerusalem, clean inside and out. The cleanup campaign ranged outward to the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and the surrounding neighborhoods—as far north as Naphtali. Throughout Israel he demolished the altars and Asherah groves, pulverized the god and goddess figures, chopped up the neighborhood shrines into firewood. With Israel once more intact, he returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 34:8 - One day in the eighteenth year of his kingship, with the cleanup of country and Temple complete, King Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the mayor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz the historian to renovate The Temple of God. First they turned over to Hilkiah the high priest all the money collected by the Levitical security guards from Manasseh and Ephraim and the rest of Israel, and from Judah and Benjamin and the citizens of Jerusalem. It was then put into the hands of the foremen managing the work on The Temple of God who then passed it on to the workers repairing God’s Temple—the carpenters, construction workers, and masons—so they could buy the lumber and dressed stone for rebuilding the foundations the kings of Judah had allowed to fall to pieces. The workmen were honest and diligent. Their foremen were Jahath and Obadiah, the Merarite Levites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites—these managed the project. The Levites—they were all skilled musicians—were in charge of the common laborers and supervised the workers as they went from job to job. The Levites also served as accountants, managers, and security guards.
2 Chronicles 34:14 - While the money that had been given for The Temple of God was being received and dispersed, Hilkiah the high priest found a copy of The Revelation of Moses. He reported to Shaphan the royal secretary, “I’ve just found the Book of God’s Revelation, instructing us in God’s way—found it in The Temple!” He gave it to Shaphan, who then gave it to the king. And along with the book, he gave this report: “The job is complete—everything you ordered done is done. They took all the money that was collected in The Temple of God and handed it over to the managers and workers.”
2 Chronicles 34:18 - And then Shaphan told the king, “Hilkiah the priest gave me a book.” Shaphan proceeded to read it out to the king.
2 Chronicles 34:19 - When the king heard what was written in the book, God’s Revelation, he ripped his robes in dismay. And then he called for Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the royal secretary, and Asaiah the king’s personal aide. He ordered them all: “Go and pray to God for me and what’s left of Israel and Judah. Find out what we must do in response to what is written in this book that has just been found! God’s anger must be burning furiously against us—our ancestors haven’t obeyed a thing written in this book of God, followed none of the instructions directed to us.”
2 Chronicles 34:22 - Hilkiah and those picked by the king went straight to Huldah the prophetess. She was the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, who was in charge of the palace wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter. The men consulted with her. In response to them she said, “God’s word, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you here, ‘God has spoken, I’m on my way to bring the doom of judgment on this place and this people. Every word written in the book read by the king of Judah will happen. And why? Because they’ve deserted me and taken up with other gods; they’ve made me thoroughly angry by setting up their god-making businesses. My anger is raging white-hot against this place and nobody is going to put it out.’
2 Chronicles 34:26 - “And also tell the king of Judah, since he sent you to ask God for direction, God’s comment on what he read in the book: ‘Because you took seriously the doom of judgment I spoke against this place and people, and because you responded in humble repentance, tearing your robe in dismay and weeping before me, I’m taking you seriously. God’s word. I’ll take care of you; you’ll have a quiet death and be buried in peace. You won’t be around to see the doom that I’m going to bring upon this place and people.’” The men took her message back to the king.
2 Chronicles 34:29 - The king acted immediately, assembling all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem, and then proceeding to The Temple of God bringing everyone in his train—priests and prophets and people ranging from the least to the greatest. Then he read out publicly everything written in the Book of the Covenant that was found in The Temple of God. The king stood by his pillar and before God solemnly committed himself to the covenant: to follow God believingly and obediently; to follow his instructions, heart and soul, on what to believe and do; to confirm with his life the entire covenant, all that was written in the book.
2 Chronicles 34:32 - Then he made everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin commit themselves. And they did it. They committed themselves to the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 34:33 - Josiah did a thorough job of cleaning up the pollution that had spread throughout Israelite territory and got everyone started fresh again, serving and worshiping their God. All through Josiah’s life the people kept to the straight and narrow, obediently following God, the God of their ancestors. * * *