2 Kings 22:1
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.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Jerusalem, Bozkath
- WHEN
- c. 622-609 BC
- WHO
- Amon, Josiah
ON THE MAP
WHO APPEARS
WHEN
c. 622-609 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Josiah king of Judah 640-609 BC IN THE TEXT
- Neco II pharaoh of Egypt 610-595 BC
MEANWHILE
-
612 BC Assyria
Fall of Nineveh
The empire that took the northern kingdom captive vanishes within a generation, as Nahum 3 announces.
SOURCES
- date — 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.
- Josiah — 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record
- Neco II — Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- Fall of Nineveh — Chronicle of Nabopolassar (ABC 3)
SEE ALSO
- Joshua 15:39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
- 2 Chronicles 34:1-33 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. …
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