Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

Josiah {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. {ordained: Heb. founded}

And I will give children {to be} their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

Manasseh {was} twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hephzibah.

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

Seven years old {was} Jehoash when he began to reign.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king {is} a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

Seven years old {was} Jehoash when he began to reign.

Josiah {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.