2 Kings 22:1-3

New American Standard Bible

Josiah Succeeds Amon

22 ^(A)Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of ^(B)Bozkath. ² He did what was right in the sight of the Lord and walked ^[a]entirely in the way of his father David, and did not ^(C)turn aside to the right or to the left.

³ Now ^(D)in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,