⁴ And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them.

¹⁶ Wo to thee, O land, when thy king `is' a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

⁷ And now, O Jehovah my God, Thou hast caused thy servant to reign instead of David my father; and I `am' a little child, I do not know to go out and to come in;

⁸ and Thy servant `is' in the midst of thy people, whom Thou hast chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude,

⁹ and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?'

¹ A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;

¹ A son of eight years `is' Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

² A son of three and twenty years `is' Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

⁵ A son of twenty and five years `is' Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God;

⁹ A son of eight years is Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months and ten days he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

¹¹ A son of twenty and one years `is' Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;