Josiah

Who

Key verses

1. 2 Kings 22:1

   Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

2. 2 Kings 22:8

   Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the LORD’s house.” Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

3. 2 Kings 23:25

   There was no king like him before him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.

4. 1 Chronicles 3:14

   Amon his son, and Josiah his son.

5. 1 Chronicles 3:15

   The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.

6. Sirach 49:1

   The memory of Josiah is like the composition of incense prepared by the work of the perfumer. It will be sweet as honey in every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine.

7. Matthew 1:10

   Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.

8. Matthew 1:11

   Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

Where the Bible names him

Family

Parents

• AAmonMatthew 1:10; 1 Chronicles 3:14
• JJedidah2 Kings 22:1

Children

• JJechoniahMatthew 1:11
• JJohanan1 Chronicles 3:15
• JJehoiakim1 Chronicles 3:15
• ZZedekiah1 Chronicles 3:15
• SShallum1 Chronicles 3:15

Discussed by

Comments on the verses that name him (8 of 25).

• Jerome on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  In the fourth book of Kings we read, that Ochozias was the son of Joram. On his death, Josabeth, sister of Ochozias and daughter of Joram, took Joash, her brother’s son, and preserved him from the slaughter of the…

• Hilary of Poitiers on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Thus the stain of the Gentile alliance being purged, the royal race is again taken up in the fourth following generation.

• Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  What the Holy Spirit testified through the Prophet, saying, that He would cut off every male from the house of Ahab, and Jezebel, that Jehu the son of Nausi fulfilled, and received the promise that his children to…

• Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Or, Ochozias, Joash, and Amasias, were excluded from the number, because their wickedness was continuous and without interval. For Solomon was suffered to hold the kingdom for his father’s deserts, Roboam for his…

• Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  This Ezekias was he to whom, when he had no children, it was said, “Set thy house in order, for thou shalt die.” [Isa 38:1] He wept, not from desire of longer life, for he knew that Solomon had thereby pleased God,…

• Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 1:8–11 (2)Catena Aurea on Matthew

  But the order in the Book of Kings is different [2 Ki 23], thus namely; Josias begot Eliakim, afterwards called Joakim; Joakim begot Jechonias. But Joakim is not reckoned among the Kings in the genealogy, because…

• Jerome on Matthew 1:8–11 (2)Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Otherwise, we may consider the first Jeconias to be the same as Joakim, and the second to be the son not the father, the one being spelt with k and m, the second by ch and n. This distinction has been confounded both…

• Ambrose of Milan on Matthew 1:8–11Catena Aurea on Matthew

  That there were two kings of the name of Joakim, is clear from the Book of Kings. “And Joakim slept with his fathers, and Joachim his son reigned in his stead.” [2 Ki 24:6] This son is the same whom Jeremiah calls…