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

2 He did what was right in the Lord's sight, walking in the way of David his father, not turning right or left.

3 [AA] In his eighteenth year, King Josiah sent the scribe Shaphan, [1] son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the house of the Lord with these orders: