2 Kings 22:1-2

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Josiah Reigns over Judah

22 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. ² He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.