Josiah, who became king of Judah at age 8 and reigned from 640-609 B.C., was one of the few good kings who did God’s will and turned his southern kingdom away from worshipping idols.

King Josiah's death is recorded in both 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles of the Bible. ... A few decades after King Josiah's death, the kingdom of Judah finally fell at the hands of the Babylonians.

King Josiah was a seventh-century BCE king of Judah who features in the Old Testament. He ascended to the throne ages eight, after the assassination of his father, King Amon, and reigned for ...

In Judah, a few kings make attempts to return the nation to fidelity to the Lord. ... Josiah's wholehearted obedience to the Law of Moses is not enough to ward off impending judgment.

The Book of 2 Chronicles in chapters 34-35 and 2 Kings in chapters 22-23 narrate the vicissitudes of the 16th King of Judah, Josiah. As he rose to the throne, he was described as a God-fearing ...

Tel Megiddo was the location where Josiah, the king of Judah, famously fought the Battle of Megiddo in 609 B.C. The Jewish leader was defeated and killed by the army of the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II.

The same was true for Isaiah the prophet, who rebuked King Hezekiah of Judah; Huldah the prophetess, who admonished King Josiah of Judah; and Jeremiah the prophet, who warned King Zedekiah of Judah.