Josiah Reigns in Judah^(A)

22 Josiah ^(B)was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of ^(C)Bozkath.

² And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of his father David; he ^(A)did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

² to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of ^(A)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, ^(B)in the thirteenth year of his reign.

A Call to Repentance

⁶ The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what ^(A)backsliding Israel has done? She has ^(B)gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot.