King Josiah
King Josiah ruled from 640 -609 BCE. During his reign, he started a great reform against the idolatrous ways of Amon his father, and Manasseh his grandfather. He was guided by the pious High Priest Hilkiah and his son, the prophet Jeremiah.
2 Kings 22:1-2
“Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem… He did what was pleasing to the L-RD and he followed all the ways of his ancestor David…
2 Chronicles 34:3
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the G-d of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the shrines, the sacred posts, the idols, and the molten images.”
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Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem… He did what was pleasing to the L-RD and he followed all the ways of his ancestor David…
2 Chronicles 34:3
In the eighth year of his reign (632 BCE), while he (Josiah) was still young, he began to seek the G-d of his father David, and in the twelfth year (628 BCE) he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the shrines, the sacred posts, the idols, and the molten images.
"בֶּן־שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וְאַחַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם... וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י ה' וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וְלֹא־סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול."דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב' ל"ד, ג:"וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה שָׁנִ֜ים לְמָלְכ֗וֹ (632 לפנה"ס) וְהוּא֙ (יאשיהו) עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ נַ֔עַר הֵחֵ֕ל לִדְר֕וֹשׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵ֖י דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יו וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֗ה (628 לפנה"ס) הֵחֵל֙ לְטַהֵ֗ר אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִן־הַבָּמוֹת֙ וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת."
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