⁴ And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

¹⁶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

⁷ And now, O Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.

⁸ And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

⁹ Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

¹ Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.

¹ Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

² Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

⁵ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.

⁹ Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

¹¹ Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: