 If you look at the whole chapter, we see the story of Josiah. His name in Hebrew would have been Yoshiyahu. Josiah, he had a 31-year reign, and it began at the age of eight. But let's look back at the history. 700 BC, there was Hezekiah, a good king. He resisted the Assyrians. He fought idolatry. He reestablished the Passover.