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May 21, 2022 · 1. Josiah started right and finished right. Here is the first thing the Bible tells us about Josiah and his character. "He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed the ways of his ...
1. Chronology. Josiah’s reign of thirty-one years ( 2 Kings 22:1) ended with his death in battle at Megiddo, now firmly dated in 609 b.c. (June/July). The date 608 b.c. has been argued from the synchronism ( Jer 25:1) of Jehoiakim’s fourth year with Nebuchadnezzar’s “first”; but Carchemish in 605 was also in Jehoiakim’s fourth ( 46: ...
I think King Josiah was a truly great man who quite likely knew beforehand the consequences of his actions in intercepting Necho's forces and engaging them. The Assyrians were bitter enemies with Israel, and his plan with delaying Necho's advance played a huge part in affording the Babylonian army time to dig in and defend Haran.
Josiah: The Boy Who Became King. After many years of evil kings, Josiah became king of Judah when he was 8 years old. Josiah loved and obeyed God, and God blessed him. PDF to print for family reading. Josiah was only 8 years old when he became king. His father, Amon, was an evil king who worshipped idols. Amon’s own servants killed him.
Josiah's Reform The account of the religious reforms of King Josiah of the Southern Kingdom comes almost at the tail end of the story of the tragic decline of Israel under the monarchy. After Josiah, Egypt and Babylon will swoop in, installing Jerusalem’s last puppet kings and finally imposing the humiliation of exile.
Josiah undoubtedly had help and guidance from godly men when he was young. In fact, it’s likely there was “a regency, controlled by supporters of the dynasty who welcomed relief from its misgovernment” under Josiah’s father Amon and grandfather Manasseh ( Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible , Vol. 3, p. 710).
2 Kings 22. New International Version. The Book of the Law Found. 22 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not ...
