2 Kings 22:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

2 KINGS CHAPTER 22. Josiah's good reign; his care for the repair of the temple, 2 Kings 21:1-7. Hilkiah found a book of the law; the king by it understandeth God's threatenings against backsliders, and by Huldah the prophetess inquireth of the Lord, 2 Kings 21:8-14. She prophesieth the destruction of Jerusalem, but not in Josiah's time, 2 Kings 22:15-20. No text from Poole on this verse.

2 Kings 22:1

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.