The Example of Joash
2 Chronicles 34:1-8
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.


There is at the top of the Queen's staircase in Windsor Castle a statue from the studio of Baron Triqueti, of Edward VI., marking with his sceptre a passage in the Bible, which he holds in his left hand, and upon which he earnestly looks. The passage is this concerning Josiah: "Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David, his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left." The statue was erected by the will of the late Prince Consort, who intended it to convey to his son the Divine principles by which the future governor of England should mould his life and reign on the throne of Great Britain.

(T. Hughes.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

WEB: Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.




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