2 Chronicles 34:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Compare the parallel history of 2 Kings 22 notes; 23:1-30 notes; the writer here being more full on the celebration of the Passover. The only approach to a discrepancy between the two narratives is with respect to the time of the religions reformation, which the writer of Chronicles distinctly places before, the author of Kings after, the repair of the temple. The best explanation seems to be, that the author of Kings has departed from the chronological order, to which he makes no profession of adhering.

2 Chronicles 34:1

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.