Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
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 34:1), a considerable time.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 34:1-7
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. . 2 Chronicles 34:3 ch2 34:3 ch2 34:3 ch2 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young,....
The account of Josiah in the Chronicle agrees in all essential points with the representation in 2 Kings 22 and 23, but is chronologically more exact, and in many parts more complete than that. In the second book of Kings, the whole reform of the cultus carried out by Josiah is viewed in its connection with the discovery of the book of the law, on...
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 34:1-2