XXII.
THE REIGN OF JOSIAH (2 Kings 22; 2 Kings 23:30; comp. 2 Chronicles 24:25)
(1) Josiah. — The name seems to mean “Jah healeth.” (Comp. Exodus 15:26; Isaiah 30:26.)
Eight years old. — The queen-mother was probably paramount in the government during the first years of the reign.
Boscath. — In the lowland of Judah (Joshua 15:39).
He reigned thirty and one years. — And somewhat over. (Comp. Jeremiah 1:2; Jeremiah 25:1; Jeremiah 25:3; according to which passages it was twenty-three years from the thirteenth of Josiah to the fourth of Jehoiakim.)