1 Josiah ⓒ was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. ⓓ

2 He did what was right in the LORD’s sight and walked in all the ways of his ancestor David; ⓔ he did not turn to the right or the left. ⓕ

3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent the court secretary Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the LORD’s temple, ⓖ saying,