Jedidah

He reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

He did what was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the Lord, saying, "Go up to the high priest Hilkiah, and have him count the entire sum of the money that has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people.

Lemuel means dedicated to God.

Some suggest, therefore, that these are words addressed to one of the godly kings of Judah, perhaps King Hezekiah, in which case his mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah, as you can read in 2 Chronicles 29.1, or maybe Josiah, in which case his mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adiah.

See 2 Kings 22.1.

While either of those is a possibility, I have my own thoughts for a better fit, and here's why.

For who has not experienced your constant cruelty? 2 Kings chapter 22 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

His mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adiah.

She was from Boscoth.

He did what was right in the Lord's sight and walked in all the ways of his ancestor David.

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

His mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah and Boaz Kath, and he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and he walked in all the ways of David, his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

So note, this is a historical document.

It is documenting for us the details of the reign of Josiah, who was also a contemporary of the prophet Jeremiah.