# 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.

— 2 Kings 22:1, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Bozkath** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bozkath

## Who appears

- **Amon** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/amon
- **Josiah** (the king who renewed the covenant) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/josiah

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC, named in the text · Source: 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**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II

## See also

- Joshua 15:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/15/39
- 2 Chronicles 34:1-33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/34/1

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).