# 2 Kings 22:2

> And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

— 2 Kings 22:2, Berean Standard Bible

## 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

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

## See also

- Deuteronomy 5:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/5/32
- Joshua 1:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/1/7
- 2 Kings 18:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/3
- 1 Kings 3:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/3/6
- 1 Kings 11:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/11/38
- 2 Kings 16:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/16/2
- 2 Chronicles 29:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/29/2
- Proverbs 4:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/27

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

## This document

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