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Josiah (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ s aɪ. ə /) [1] [2] or Yoshiyahu [a] was the 16th King of Judah (c. 640 –609 BCE). According to the Hebrew Bible, he instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh.
The genealogy of the kings of Judah, along with the kings of Israel.. The Kings of Judah were the monarchs who ruled over the ancient Kingdom of Judah, which was formed in about 930 BC, according to the Hebrew Bible, when the United Kingdom of Israel split, with the people of the northern Kingdom of Israel rejecting Rehoboam as their monarch, leaving him as solely the King of Judah.
The basic story is told in 2 Kings 23:29–30 (written c. 550 BC). The Hebrew text here has been misunderstood and translated as Necho going "against" Assyria. Eric H. Cline [4]: 92–3 noted that most modern translations try to improve this passage by taking into account what we now know from other historical sources, namely that Egypt and Assyria were then allies.
Amongst kings of Judah, five of them are judged to have acted good throughout their reign: Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jotham, Hezekiah, and Josiah, whereas Jehoash, Amaziah, Uzziah and Manasseh are all described as kings who acted good as well as bad during their reign. The remaining monarchs are considered to have acted bad throughout their reign.
King Amon (II Kings 21:18) King Josiah (II Kings 21:26) King Jehoahaz (II Kings 23:30) son of Josiah; King Jehoiakim (II Kings 23:34) son of Josiah; King Jeconiah (II Kings 24:6) son of Jehoiakim; King Zedekiah (II Kings 24:17) – son of Josiah, last king to rule over, and in, Judah. Overthrown by the Chaldean Empire (which succeeded the ...
When Josiah became king of Judah in c. 641/640 BCE, [58] the international situation was in flux. To the east, the Neo-Assyrian Empire was beginning to disintegrate, the Neo-Babylonian Empire had not yet risen to replace it and Egypt to the west was still recovering from Assyrian rule. In the power vacuum, Judah could govern itself for the time ...
His name is mentioned in II Kings. He was the High Priest and is known for finding a lost copy of the Book of the Law at the Temple in Jerusalem at the time that King Josiah commanded that Solomon's Temple be refurbished according to 2 Kings 22:8. His preaching may have helped spur Josiah to return Judah to the worship of Yahweh, God of Israel. [1]
King Uzziah of Judah c. 740 BC–c. 700 BC [citation needed] prophecy of Isaiah. prophecy of Micah. c. 722 BC [citation needed] Kingdom of Israel falls to Neo-Assyrian Empire c. 715 BC–c. 687 BC [citation needed] King Hezekiah of Judah. prophecy of Joel(?) prophecy of Nahum. c. 648 BC– c. 609 BC King Josiah of Judah. prophesy of Jeremiah