KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Chronicles 34:1 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Josiah” | יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ | Joshijah, the name of two Israelites | Josiah |
| “was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “eight” | שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה | A cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth | eight |
| “years” | שָׁנִ֖ים | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
| “old” | בֶּן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | old |
| “when he began to reign,” | בְמָלְכ֑וֹ | To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty | began reign |
| “and he reigned” | מָלַ֖ךְ | To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty | reigned |
| “in Jerusalem” | בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine | Jerusalem |
| “one” | וְאַחַת֙ | Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first | one |
| “and thirty” | וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים | Thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth | thirty |
| “years.” | שָׁנָ֔ה | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
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1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
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