2 Kings 22:1
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
Josiah began his reign when he was eight years old. He reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. His course is held up as a model to follow, and following it means taking a stand for reform, confessing sin, and breaking with wrongdoing.