ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Kgs 22:3
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2 Kgs 22:3

22:3 eighteenth year. That is, when Josiah was twenty-six years old.

secretary. Or “scribe,” see 2 Sam. 8:17; Ezra 7:6 and notes. By the time of Josiah’s reign, the Assyrian Empire was in a state of decline. Josiah, unlike Manasseh, asserted Judah’s independence from Assyria. Josiah was able to gain control over at least part of the former northern kingdom (23:4, 15–20).