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2 Chronicles 34:1

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign,.... Of these two verses; see Gill on Kg2 22:1; see Gill on Kg2 22:2.

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2 Chronicles 34:3

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ch2 34:3

ch2 34:3For in the eighth year of his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Compare the parallel history of 2 Kings 22 notes; 23:1-30 notes; the writer here being more full on the celebration of the Passover. The only approach to a discrepancy between the two narratives is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 34:1-7

Concerning Josiah we are here told, 1. That he came to the crown when he was very young, only eight years old (yet his infancy did not debar him from his right), and he reigned thirty-one years (Ch2…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

2Ch 34:1-2 (2Ki 22:1-2). Josiah's good Reign

1. In Jerusalem one and thirty years R.V. thirty and one years in Jerusalem (as 2 Kin.). Here the Chronicler omits Josiah's mother's name; cp. 2Ch 33:1;…