²⁴ Then the common people^[a] executed^(A) all those who had conspired against King Amon and made his son Josiah^(B) king in his place.

Judah’s King Josiah

22 Josiah^(A) was eight years old when he became king and reigned 31 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.^(B)

³ “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon,^(A) king of Judah, until this very day—23 years—the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you time and time again,^[a](B) but you have not obeyed.

² “Take a scroll,^(A) and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations from the time I first spoke to you during Josiah’s reign until today.

1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah^(A) son of Amon, king of Judah.