Daily Bible Reading 9 May 2022

Posted on May 9, 2022 by brucesbiblepage

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Kings 21-22

2 Kings 22:1-2 (BBE) Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother’s name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

22:1. Josiah was one of Judah’s best kings. Peace, prosperity, and reform characterized his reign. Josiah was only a lad of eight … when he was crowned king, and reigned over Judah 31 years (640–609 b.c.). During his reign, world power passed from Assyrian to Babylonian leadership. Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was destroyed in 612 b.c., and the Assyrian Empire fell in 609.

22:2. Like Asa and Hezekiah before him, Josiah did what was right in the sight of the Lord and followed the good ways of his ancestor David. He did not deviate from this course at any time during his reign.

The chronicler added that Josiah began to seek after the Lord when he was 16 and he began his religious reforms when he was 20 (2 Chron. 34:3–7).^[1]

^[1] Thomas L. Constable, “2 Kings,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 581.

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