Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
Ver. 1. Josiah was eight years old.] Woe to that land whose prince is a child, saith Solomon; Ecc 10:16 but Josiah was an extraordinary child, and a great blessing to his people. So was our Edward VI, that second Josiah, who began early likewise, and lived much in a little time, in brevi vitae spacio tempora virtutum multa replevit. a See 2 Kings 22:1 .
a Jerome.