| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 22:1:1 ⧉בֶּן־שְׁמֹנֶ֤הbenshemonea son of eight 2 Kings 22:1:2 ⧉שָׁנָה֙shanayears 2 Kings 22:1:3 ⧉יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyoshiyahuJosiah 2 Kings 22:1:4 ⧉בְמָלְכ֔וֹvemalkhowhen he began to reign 2 Kings 22:1:5 ⧉וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםusheloshimand thirty 2 Kings 22:1:6 ⧉וְאַחַת֙veakhatand one 2 Kings 22:1:7 ⧉שָׁנָ֔הshanayears 2 Kings 22:1:8 ⧉מָלַ֖ךְmalakhhe reigned 2 Kings 22:1:9 ⧉בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםbirushalimin Jerusalem 2 Kings 22:1:10 ⧉וְשֵׁ֣םveshemand the name of 2 Kings 22:1:11 ⧉אִמּ֔וֹimohis mother 2 Kings 22:1:12 ⧉יְדִידָ֥הyedidaJedidah 2 Kings 22:1:13 ⧉בַת־עֲדָ֖יָהbatadayadaughter of Adaiah 2 Kings 22:1:14 ⧉מִבָּצְקַֽת׃mibatskatfrom Bozkath |
| 1. Formal Translation Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he ruled thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation Josiah became king at eight years old, and he governed in Jerusalem for thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath. |